In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SHUNNING
avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging
(noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
SHUN
shun, eschew
(verb) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
(verb) expel from a community or group
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
shunning
present participle of shun
Noun
shunning (plural shunnings)
The act by which something is shunned; avoidance.
Source: Wiktionary
SHUN
Shun, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Shunning.] Etym: [OE. shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. scunian, sceonian; cf. D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf. Schooner, Scoundrel, Shunt.]
Definition: To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice. I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Acts xx. 26,27. Scarcity and want shall shun you. Shak.
Syn.
– See Avoid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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