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shunning

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shun  (shn)
tr.v. shunned, shun·ning, shuns
To avoid deliberately; keep away from. See Synonyms at escape.
[Middle English shunnen, from Old English scunian, to abhor.]
shunner n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shunningshunning - deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
avoidance, turning away, 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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No; Captain Nemo was not satisfied with shunning man.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
In the same degree as Cornelius de Witt had excited the hatred of the people by sowing those evil seeds which are called political passions, Van Baerle had gained the affections of his fellow citizens by completely shunning the pursuit of politics, absorbed as he was in the peaceful pursuit of cultivating tulips.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
He walked slowly on; and shunning the roadside like a guilty man, turned into a meadow he well remembered; and covering his face with his hands, threw himself upon the grass.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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