shunning

Definitions of shunning
  1. noun
    deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
    synonyms: avoidance, dodging, turning away
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    types:
    aversion, averting
    the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
    escape
    an avoidance of danger or difficulty
    near thing
    something that barely avoids failure or disaster
    type of:
    rejection
    the act of rejecting something
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