To avoid; to
hold clear of; to
get out of the
way of; to
escape from; to eschew; as, to
shun rocks, shoals, vice. "I am pure from the
blood of all men. For I have not shunned to announce unto you all the counsel of God." (Acts xx. 26,27) "Scarcity and
want shall
shun you." (Shak)
Synonym: See Avoid.
Origin: OE. Shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. Scunian, sceonian; cf. D. Schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. Skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf. Schooner, Scoundrel, Shunt.
Source: Websters Vocabulary