nonavoidance

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ avoidance.

Noun

nonavoidance (uncountable)

1. Absence of avoidance; failure to avoid something.
   • 2014, Yitzchak M. Binik, Kathryn S. K. Hall, Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy, Fifth Edition, page 186:

     The role of the therapist is to guide the woman (and her partner) through the difficulty of approaching the penetration-related fears, to manage the associated intense fear, and to encourage nonavoidance.