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1. Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
   - avoidance, turning away, dodging

1. Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
   - eschew
    
2. Expel from a community or group
   - banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise [Brit], cast out, blackball

Derived forms: shunnings

Type of: avoid, expel, kick out, rejection, throw out

Encyclopedia: Shun