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Definition of Turning away
1. Noun. Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening.
Generic synonyms: Rejection
Specialized synonyms: Aversion, Averting, Escape, Near Thing
Derivative terms: Avoid, Dodge, Shun
Definition of Turning away
1. Verb. (present participle of turn away) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turning Away
Literary usage of Turning away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"buttons in my hand, and, turning away, bade him good-night, and closed the door
after me as usual. Well, now, there was nothing more to be done! ..."
2. A Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third Volumes by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1851)
"What is not a sufficient excuse for turning away a servant, see Hum. J. tit. ...
See a form of declaration for turning away before the expiration of a year, ..."
3. Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare (2001)
"1859, 2nd, vii, 337) : 'turning away' should be pronounced 'turning aw-ay' —
ie 'turning o' hay.1 ['"God bless me !" said my uncle Toby.' — ED. ..."
4. Behavior of the Lower Organisms by Herbert Spencer Jennings (1906)
"A strong stimulus at the side of the anterior end causes a quick turning away.
A similar stimulus at one side behind the middle causes no turning away, ..."
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