To avert your gaze is to deliberately look away. Avert your gaze politely, avert your gaze from the screen.
It is done for tact as often as for squeamishness, which is what separates it from flinching. To avert your gaze is a decision rather than a reflex.
1phraseavert your gazeTo deliberately look away.
“Most of the room chose to avert your gaze rather than watch.”
avert your gaze is a gesture.
Practised in Body Language & Gestures