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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Fly :: Fly (v. t.) To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
Astert :: Astert (v. t.) To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun.
Eschew :: Eschew (a.) To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of..
Shunned :: Shunned (imp. & p. p.) of Shu.
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.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free..
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
Shunted :: Shunted (imp. & p. p.) of Shun.
Unavoidable :: Unavoidable (a.) Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles..
Avoidable :: Avoidable (a.) Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped..
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..
Inevitability :: Inevitability (n.) Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle..
Inevitable :: Inevitable (a.) Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To shun; to move from.
Evitation :: Evitation (n.) A shunning; avoidance.
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.
Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch..
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..
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