Shun
verb (used with object), shunned, shunning.
1.
to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
noun, Wade-Giles, Pinyin.
1.
See under Yao.
noun
1.
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
verb shuns, shunning, shunned
1.
(transitive) to avoid deliberately; keep away from
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