The phrase "avoid the tension of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing strategies or actions taken to prevent or lessen stress or conflict in a situation.
Example: "To maintain a harmonious work environment, it's essential to avoid the tension of unresolved conflicts among team members."
Alternatives: "prevent the stress of" or "eliminate the conflict of".
First, it enabled him to avoid the tension between the concept of true motion and the laws of motion of the kind found in Descartes.
"There is an opportunity for all stakeholders on the Korean Peninsula to start the diplomatic track and to avoid the escalation of tension".
In here, authors set their test specimens as 10 cm length stitch segments, ignoring the start and end segments to avoid the error of tension fluctuations occur in acceleration and deceleration in each burst of stitching.
Since this law indicates that a body's motion is not a function of its spatial relations to other bodies, but rather of whether forces are impressed on it which replaces the Cartesian concept of causal interactions that involve only impact (see below)—Newton cannot rely on a body's motion relative to other bodies if he is to avoid the kind of tension he found in the Cartesian view.
He has taken himself out of the fray -- presumably to avoid the kind of international tension that has lately plagued the Ryder Cup competitions.
In order to ensure dimensional stability (for instance, for space-based telescope mirrors) and to avoid the development of excessive tension in critical regions, these stresses must be reduced by the process of annealing.
This encouraged us to maintain a relaxed major psoas muscle by bending the hip to avoid excessive tension of the major psoas muscle during anterior approach of the lumbar vertebrae.
Determined to avoid the frustrations and tensions of the past, Mr. Romney's team is taking steps to ensure that the eventual running mate — and his or her staff — functions as a true extension of the campaign, not as an autonomous political operation.
Additionally, having Chief Banks involved in addressing the issues surrounding the death of Eric Garner really helped New York City avoid the racial tensions that occurred during the past two decades.
Another correctly describes her husband's "electronic candy machine" as a way to "ease tension and avoid the hard work of growing up and having a mature relationship".
