Shunning

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shun \Shun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shunned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Shunning}.] [OE. shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. scunian,
     sceonian; cf. D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping,
     Icel. skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf. {Schooner}, {Scoundrel},
     {Shunt}.]
     To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to


     escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.
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           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.
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           Scarcity and want shall shun you.        --Shak.
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     Syn: See {Avoid}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shun
       v 1: avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of [syn: {eschew}]
       2: expel from a community or group [syn: {banish}, {ban}, {ostracize},
           {ostracise}, {cast out}, {blackball}]
       [also: {shunning}, {shunned}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shunning
       n : deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from
           happening [syn: {avoidance}, {turning away}, {dodging}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shunning
       See {shun}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "shunning":
     avoidance, avoiding reaction, circumvention, defense mechanism,
     dodge, duck, elusion, elusiveness, equivocation, escape, eschewal,
     evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, forbearance, forestalling,
     forestallment, getting around, jink, neutrality, nonintervention,
     noninvolvement, prevention, refraining, runaround, shunting off,
     shy, sidestep, sidetracking, slip, the runaround, zigzag