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Definition of Shun
1. Verb. Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of.
2. Verb. Expel from a community or group.
Generic synonyms: Expel, Kick Out, Throw Out
Derivative terms: Banishment, Blackball, Ostracism, Ostracism, Ostracism, Ostracism
Definition of Shun
1. 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.
Definition of Shun
1. Verb. (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc). ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To screen, hide. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To shove, push. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shun
1. to avoid [v SHUNNED, SHUNNING, SHUNS] - See also: avoid
Medical Definition of Shun
1. To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice. "I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God." (Acts xx. 26,27) "Scarcity and want shall shun you." (Shak) Synonym: See Avoid. Origin: OE. Shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. Scunian, sceonian; cf. D. Schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. Skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf. Schooner, Scoundrel, Shunt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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