Synonyms:
avoidance, turning_away, shunning, dodging
Meaning: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
Usage examples
Might they not all belong to the same race, dwelling as they did in caverns, shunning the sunlight, and blending kindness with cruelty?
He stood upon his "imperfect education," his not belonging "to the first families, but the seconds"; and his shunning society as debarring him from the study he required.