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What does shun mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word shun? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently.
  2. (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
  3. (transitive) To screen, hide.
  4. (transitive) To shove, push.
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Whether you welcome this prince of silly or shun him as a hopeless jester, on stage his outlandish world cannot fail to charm.
In a position to shun the cash bribes of big business, he's now impervious to their threats.
If people on middle incomes continue to shun inner cities, those areas will face a bleak future.
Stoic, perseverant and disciplined, they are a proud people of few words who shun the limelight.
They shun the marriage counselor and wastewater treatment and harm the conjugality of watershed love.
John Calvin's faith offers predestined salvation for a lucky few and requires adherents to work hard and shun ostentation.

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