The phrase "avoiding entanglement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing the act of steering clear of complex or complicated situations, often in legal, personal, or diplomatic matters.
Example: "In order to maintain a peaceful relationship, both parties agreed to focus on avoiding entanglement in each other's affairs."
Alternatives: "steering clear of complications" or "preventing involvement".
Crystallizing Cambodia's hopes for avoiding entanglement was a speech in 1966 by the French president, Charles de Gaulle, in Phnom Penh calling for the end of the Vietnam War and the neutrality of Indochina.
However, he acquiesced in Richard III's accession and retained his office as steward, avoiding entanglement in the rebellion (1483) on behalf of Henry Tudor in which his wife was deeply involved.
It was a true spectacle to see the crew manage all of the lines and ensure proper placement while avoiding entanglement.
The previous policy of avoiding entanglement in the internal affairs of Syria in favor of defeating ISIS and improving relations with Russia had been replaced by a fervent embrace of regime change, direct military engagement with the Syrian armed forces, and a confrontational stance vis-à-vis the Russian military presence in Syria.
His government had continued the previous policy of avoiding entanglements in the West while expanding eastward but could not resist the opportunity offered in 1654 when Bohdan Khmelnytsky, the leader of a Cossack revolution against Polish rule in Ukraine, appealed to Moscow for the help he had been unable to obtain from Sweden and the Turks.
A man genetically incapable of saying anything but what he really meant, he presents a rude challenge to the attitude of professional caution that now prevails in so many precincts of the arts — the aesthetic of avoiding entanglements, of looking over one's shoulder, of perpetually hedging one's bets.
A man genetically incapable of saying anything but what he really meant, he presents a rude challenge to the attitude of professional caution that now prevails in so many precincts of the arts the aesthetic of avoiding entanglements, of looking over one's shoulder, of perpetually hedging one's bets.
It is a strategy that has enabled China to avoid entanglement in complex political issues.
Britain's prime aim is to avoid entanglement with the euro zone, but Poland's is to avoid exclusion.
Some have called for a more active American role, noting that the hostage-taking in Algeria demonstrates how hard it can be to avoid entanglement.
Species in at least two families (Nabidae, Reduviidae) live in spider webs and skillfully avoid entanglement as they eat trapped insects or, in some cases, the spider itself.
