shunning
English Thesaurus
1. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | rejection, |
| definition | : | the act of rejecting something (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | aversion, averting, |
| definition | : | the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | escape, |
| definition | : | an avoidance of danger or difficulty (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | near thing, |
| definition | : | something that barely avoids failure or disaster (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, |
| definition | : | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | avoid, |
| definition | : | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | eschew, shun, |
| definition | : | avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, |
| definition | : | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | avoid, |
| definition | : | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | eschew, shun, |
| definition | : | avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of (verb.communication) |
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