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shun 
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Audio Help [shuhn] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), shunned, shun·ning.
| to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid. |
[Origin: bef. 950; ME shunen, OE scunian to avoid, fear]
] —Related forms
shun·na·ble, adjective
shunner, noun
—Synonyms evade, eschew.
—Antonyms seek.
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Shunning
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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.] shun'ner n. |
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| shunning | |
noun | |
| deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening [syn: avoidance] |
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