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shun

shun [ shun ] (past and past participle shunned, present participle shun·ning, 3rd person present singular shuns)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
deliberately avoid somebody: to avoid somebody or something intentionally

[ Old English scunian. Origin ?]

shun·ner noun
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