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shunning

NOUN

avoidance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

evasion prevention restraint

STRONG

circumvention delay departure dodge dodging elusion escape escapism flight forbearance nonparticipation parry recession recoil retreat self-restraint shirking

WEAK

absention eschewal passive resistance runaround steering clear of

Antonyms

STRONG

advance arrival coming continuation stay

WEAK

meeting

NOUN

escape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

breakout departure desertion disappearance flight freedom liberation outbreak rescue withdrawal

STRONG

AWOL abdication avoidance beat bolt break bypassing circumvention decampment deliverance dodging ducking elopement elusion elusiveness evasion evasiveness extrication fadeout hegira lam leave out powder release retreat sidestepping spring

WEAK

eschewal runaround

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrival coming entrance stay staying

STRONG

directness meeting

WEAK

capture maintenance

NOUN

evasion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dodging

STRONG

artifice circumvention cunning ditch dodge elusion equivocation evasiveness excuse jive lie obliqueness pretext prevarication quibble routine ruse shift shirking shuffling sophism sophistry stall subterfuge trick trickery

WEAK

come-off cop-out equivocating eschewal evading fancy footwork fudging fugiviteness fugivity runaround stonewall

Antonyms

STRONG

directness frankness honesty openness reality truth

WEAK

facing meeting

NOUN

ostracism

Synonyms

STRONG

avoidance boycott exclusion excommunication exile expulsion isolation rejection

WEAK

blackballing cold-shouldering

Antonyms

STRONG

acceptance allowance

NOUN

runaround

Synonyms

WEAK

come-off delay detour difficulty diversion elusion escape escaping eschewal evasion inertia postponement roundabout

Antonyms

WEAK

challenge facing meeting

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From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

And Sass isn’t even completely shunning the Magnificent Seven.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Jobless claims tell investors virtually nothing about whether businesses are hiring, but they clearly show most companies are shunning big layoffs.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The data suggests that young people, and increasing numbers of men in particular, are shunning booze.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

It was the first time I had openly mentioned the shunning to her.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

shunning

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