About The Word Shun
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Shun
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What's The Definition Of Shun?
[v] avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
[v] expel from a community or group Synonyms | Synonyms for Shun: ban | banish | blackball | cast out | eschew | ostracise | ostracize Related Terms | Find terms related to Shun: See Also | avoid | expel | kick out | throw out Shun In Webster's Dictionary \Shun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shunned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shunning}.] [OE. shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. scunian,
sceonian; cf. D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping,
Icel. skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf. {Schooner}, {Scoundrel},
{Shunt}.]
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.
Syn: See {Avoid}.
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