To obviate something such as a problem or a need means to remove it or make it unnecessary. The use of a lawyer trained as a mediator would obviate the need for independent legal advice.

How do you use obviate in a sentence?

Examples of obviate in a Sentence

The new medical treatment obviates the need for surgery. The new treatment obviates many of the risks associated with surgery.

Is obviate the need redundant?

These phrases are not redundancies, for the true sense of obviate the necessity is 'to prevent the necessity (from arising),' hence to make unnecessary."