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The very philosophy which makes such a man seek the quiet, makes him eschew the inutility of the hermitage.
DEVEREUX, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
Their rents are paid—their grass is letting—they are content—they eschew inquiry.
Would not a man be a fool to eschew the pleasures of life when fortune is ready to spill them into his lap for him?
UNDER HANDICAPJACKSON GREGORY
Our wives ne be not arrayed for to make no man pleasance, but only convenable array for to eschew folly.
THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN MANDEVILLEJOHN MANDEVILLE
He taught us to "liberate the gentler element in oneself," to eschew what was base and brutal, unholy and unkind.
MATTHEW ARNOLDG. W. E. RUSSELL
She should be equally careful to eschew any sign of match-making intrigue or narrow-minded suspicion.
THE ETIQUETTE OF ENGAGEMENT AND MARRIAGEG. R. M. DEVEREUX
It is bound to deal righteously and glorify God, to eschew evil and do good.
THE RELIGION OF POLITICSEZRA S. GANNETT
There she found Norma, who had also elected to eschew study for fudge.
JANE ALLEN: RIGHT GUARDEDITH BANCROFT
He who ever is good will bring us who are evil to be good men, if we will eschew evil and do good.
Our guardians ought to eschew imitation altogether, or at least to imitate only the good and noble.
WORDS RELATED TO ESCHEW
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
- abjure
- abnegate
- ban
- begrudge
- call on
- contradict
- contravene
- controvert
- curb
- disacknowledge
- disallow
- disavow
- disbelieve
- discard
- disclaim
- discredit
- disown
- disprove
- doubt
- enjoin from
- eschew
- exclude
- forbid
- forgo
- forsake
- gainsay
- hold back
- keep back
- negate
- negative
- not buy
- nullify
- oppose
- rebuff
- rebut
- recant
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- repudiate
- restrain
- revoke
- sacrifice
- say no to
- spurn
- taboo
- take exception to
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
- veto
- withhold
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