turning away

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Noun1.turning away - deliberately avoidingturning away - deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
avoidance, shunning, dodging
rejection - the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"
aversion, averting - the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"
escape - an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"
near thing - something that barely avoids failure or disaster
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'Then go, and sin no more,' replied I, turning away.
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He was turning away; and then he thought of Tess's tender letter.
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Once more Hamel descended from the little train, and, turning away from St.
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