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Verb: shun (shunned,shunning)  shún
  1. Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
    "shun fattening foods if you want to lose weight";
    - eschew
     
  2. Expel from a community or group
    "The community shunned the family after the scandal";
    - banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise [Brit], cast out, blackball, pill [slang]

Derived forms: shunned, shunning, shuns

Type of: avoid, expel, kick out [informal], throw out

Encyclopedia: Shun