Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Shun (shunned, shunning, -s)
shun (shunned, shunning, -s), v. [OE, obscure origin.] (webplay: company, decline, God, shoals).
- Eschew; keep out of sight of.
- Avoid; turn down.
- Deny; doubt; refuse to accept.
- Abandon; desert; forsake.
- Reject; decline.
- Defer; remit; postpone.
- Ostracize; censor; cast out.
- Fail to greet; abstain from welcoming.
- Turn away from.
- Forego.
- Keep away from.
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