shunning

Plural: shunnings

Noun

• deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
• The act by which something is shunned; avoidance.

Verb

• avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
• expel from a community or group
• present participle and gerund of shun

Synonyms

avoidance, ban, banish, blackball, cast out, dodging, eschew, ostracise, ostracize, shun, turning away