Eschewed - English meaning

verb

Solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim).

Usage examples:

Mps were urged to abjure their jacobite allegiance

verb

To say formally or publicly that you no longer agree with a belief or way of behaving

Usage examples:

He abjured his religion/his life of dissipation.

verb

Go without (something desirable).

Usage examples:

She wanted to forgo the tea and leave while they could

verb

To give up or do without

Usage examples:

She decided to forgo flowers at the funeral and asked people to send money to a charity instead.

verb

Agree to give up or do without.

Usage examples:

The country has not forsworn nuclear weapons

verb

To make a serious decision to stop doing something

Usage examples:

To forswear all violence

phrasal verb

Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

phrasal verb

To stop doing or to stop having something

Usage examples:

He gave up jogging after his heart attack., although behind in the chess match, he refused to give …

phrasal verb

To stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because it is too difficult

Usage examples:

She has a struggle trying to persuade the board to accept her proposal, but she's determined not to…

verb

Dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.

Usage examples:

Union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award

noun

A person or thing dismissed as inadequate or unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships

verb

To refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone

Usage examples:

The school rejects a third of all applicants., as a child, she had felt rejected by her mother., in…

verb

Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.

Usage examples:

He relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive

verb

Formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession).

Usage examples:

Isabella offered to renounce her son's claim to the french crown

verb

To say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something

Usage examples:

Gandhi renounced the use of violence.

verb

To say formally or publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something

Usage examples:

Her ex-husband renounced his claim to the family house., gandhi renounced the use of violence.

verb

Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.

Usage examples:

He shunned fashionable society

verb

Avoid and stay away from deliberately

verb

To avoid or refuse to accept someone or something

Usage examples:

She shunned publicity after she retired from the stage.

phrase

Take care to avoid or keep away from.

Usage examples:

Steer clear of fatty food

idiom

To avoid someone or something because you think the person or thing may cause trouble or be dangerous

Usage examples:

Davis steered clear of politics because of all the problems his father had had as governor.