Definition of shun

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Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..

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Inevitability :: Inevitability (n.) Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
Evitate :: Evitate (v. t.) To shun; to avoid.
Evitation :: Evitation (n.) A shunning; avoidance.
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle..
Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor..
Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To shun; to move from.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift..
Evite :: Evite (v. t.) To shun.
Fly :: Fly (v. t.) To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them..
Escape :: Escape (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger..
Shunned :: Shunned (imp. & p. p.) of Shu.
Avoider :: Avoider (n.) One who avoids, shuns, or escapes..
Shunning :: Shunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shu.
Unavoided :: Unavoided (a.) Not avoided or shunned.
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters..
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