shun

v. avoid, stay away from, abstain from

interj. avoid, eschew

Shun may refer to one of the following:Shùn (舜), a legendary leader of ancient China.To shun, which means avoiding association with an individual or group.Andromeda Shun, a main character in the anime Saint Seiya.SHUN, an Internet Relay Chat command, used to prevent a user sending messages to a server's channels. SHUN, is a command on a Cisco PIX that 'enables a dynamic response to an attacking host by preventing new connections and disallowing packets from any existing connection', effectivly stopping the communication to and from the SHUN'ed IP address. SHUN'ed addresses are not stored in the config, so a reboot will clear the SHUN list.  http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/pix/pix63/command/reference/s.html#wp1026366
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Verb
1. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
(synonym) eschew
(hypernym) avoid
(derivation) avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging
2. expel from a community or group
(synonym) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, cast out, blackball
(hypernym) expel, throw out, kick out

(v. t.)
To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.
  

[Chinese] One of the Wu-di, the five legendary emperors of Chinese mythology. He was chosen as the successor of Yao on the suggestion of Four Mountains (the ruler of the four points of the compass), instead of Yao's own son. He himself was later succeeded by Da-yu, Yu the Great. Shun (2255 - 2205 BCE or 2233 - 2184 BCE) was said to have been an eastern barbarian, a potter, who cultivated his own fields. He traveled throughout the four directions and banished the ominous being guarding their entrances.