abience

/ˈæbiəns/
noun
  1. A tendency to avoid or withdraw from a stimulus or situation.
    • His abience from social gatherings made it hard to make friends.
    • In psychology, abience is the opposite of approach behavior.
    • The cat's abience toward the vacuum cleaner was obvious.
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