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shunning
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Shunning can be the act of social rejection , or emotional distance. In a religious context, shunning is a formal decision by a denomination or a congregation to cease interaction with an individual or a group, and follows a particular set of rules. It ...
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n. The act by which something is shunned; avoidance. vb. (present participle of shun English)
Usage examples of shunning.
The lad was quite willing to explain any part of the shunning, but Bay shooed him off on his rounds.
He was too anguished to reply, and she said a most peculiar thing: “They’ve been shunning me all my life.
He had the money, but how could he, under penalty of shunning, march into the shop of Andrew Gumpf or one of the Dreppard brothers and try to do business with them, they being such good churchmen?
Even if they relaxed the shunning, which they probably would in the spring, he would not live down his disgrace.
For the necessity of shunning prolixity forbids my setting down all things.
For as animals, by shunning pain, show that they love bodily peace, and, by pursuing pleasure to gratify their appetites, show that they love peace of soul, so their shrinking from death is a sufficient indication of their intense love of that peace which binds soul and body in close alliance.
She had been shunning him, and he supposed it was embarrassment that kept her silent.
He didn't like shunning Lukien, but he didn't know if he could still trust the knight.