· deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
Synonym(s): avoidance, shunning, dodging
Hypernym(s): rejection
· move so as not face somebody or something
Hypernym(s): turn
· turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Hypernym(s): turn
· refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
Synonym(s): reject, turn_down, refuse
· turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"
Synonym(s): avert
Hypernym(s): turn