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

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Verb

shunning

present participle of shun

Noun

shunning (plural shunnings)

The act by which something is shunned; avoidance.

Source: Wiktionary

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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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