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Shunning
see synonyms of shunningNoun
1. avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away
deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
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Shunning
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Shunning
see synonyms of shunningtr.v. shunned, shun·ning, shuns
1. To avoid using, accepting, engaging in, or partaking of: shun someone's advice; shun public recognition; shun fatty foods.
2. To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with: "Oddly, by being one of the few players who spoke candidly about the business of baseball, he was often shunned by the business world itself" (David Grann).
3. To stay away from; not go to: "He shunned the elevator and started up the broad marble stairs" (Frederick Irving Anderson).
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