NEAR THING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • something that barely avoids failure or disaster
   Hypernyms(s) near thing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • avoidance (what does avoidance mean?)
   • turning away (what does turning away mean?)
   • shunning (what does shunning mean?)
   • dodging (what does dodging mean?)