shunning

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of shun

plural shunnings

1. The act by which something is shunned; avoidance.

   Shunnings divided families, turning sisters and brothers into strangers ... . . even if the shunned one repented and returned home.

   2004, Beverly Lewis, The Prodigal, page 36

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   His mind began showering him with painful memories, forcing him to relive shunnings that stretched from elementary to high school and a procession of college roommates who'd ignore him after the first week.

   2003, Nelson Erlick, GermLine, page 100

   It was during one of my first “shunnings” that I learned a very valuable lesson. Playground politics, it seemed, dictated that while being shunned by the cool group, it was not acceptable behavior to start hanging around with the “non-cool” group.

   2008, David Ritchie, A Harmless Drug, page 3

   Synonyms: blacklisting, discommendation, avoidance, blackballing, blacklisting, discommendation, ostracism, ostracization