English

Verb

shunning

1. present participle of shun

Noun

shunning ‎(plural shunnings)

1. The act by which something is shunned; avoidance.
   • 2003, Nelson Erlick, GermLine, page 100:

     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.

   • 2004, Beverly Lewis, The Prodigal, page 36:

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

   • 2008, David Ritchie, A Harmless Drug, page 3:

     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.