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Answer for the clue "Turning one's back on ", 11 letters:
repudiating

Word definitions for repudiating in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of repudiate English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Repudiate \Re*pu"di*ate\ (-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repudiated (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Repudiating .] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.] To cast off; to disavow; ...

Usage examples of repudiating.

He did not fall into disgrace with the people for repudiating his wife.

That even iteration rose from somewhere beyond her, repudiating her desire for sleep, demanding that she take it into account.