Vyhnutí

Vyhnutí is a Czech noun derived from the verb vyhnout (to drive away or to avoid). It has multiple senses depending on context. The most general sense is the act of driving away, removing, or banishing someone or something from a place or situation. In historical, political, and legal language this sense relates to expulsion or exile, although more specific terms such as vyhnání (banishment) or vyhoštění (expulsion from a state) are often used in those contexts.

A second sense concerns avoidance or evading something. In this usage, vyhnutí describes the outcome or process of avoiding a risk, obstacle, or danger, typically with the construction vyhnout se, for example vyhnutí se nebezpečí or vyhnutí se riziku.

Etymology and related forms: The noun is formed from the verb vyhnout and the suffix -nutí, a common Czech nominalization. The term sits within a broader semantic field that also includes vyhnání (banishment), vyhnanství (exile), and vyhýbání (avoidance in other constructions).

Notes on usage: In everyday language, vyhnutí is most clearly understood as avoidance when paired with vyhnout se. In legal or historical prose, writers more often use vyhnání or vyhoštění for the act of forcing someone to leave a country or territory, while vyhnutí may remain somewhat abstract or less common in that sense.

See also: vyhnání, vyhoštění, vyhýbání.