eschewal
Purposeful staying away
Eschewal is the act of deliberately avoiding or abstaining from something.
The word is formal and somewhat literary, more likely to appear in written than spoken English: His eschewal of social media was seen as eccentric.
Where you might say someone avoids or shuns something, eschewal names that avoidance as a practice or stance.
Deliberately avoiding someone
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- circumventionAct of going around
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- bypassingAvoiding by going around
dodging · skirting · eluding · aversion · deflection · distancing · nonparticipation · nonengagement
Formal refusal to accept
- refusalAct of declining
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- dismissalRemoval from position
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
declining · disavowal · denunciation · abandonment · forsaking · discarding · relinquishment · disowning
Formal surrender of claim
- forgoingVoluntarily doing without
- refrainingChoosing not to act
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- foreswearingSolemnly renouncing something
self-denial · abnegation · temperance · asceticism · fasting · teetotalism · sobriety · celibacy
Done on purpose
- consciousMentally present and alert
- purposefulDone with intention
- voluntaryDone by choice
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
calculated · considered · principled · thoughtful · selective · chosen · volitional · knowing
shunning
Deliberately avoiding someone
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- circumventionAct of going around
- evasionAct of escaping detection
bypassing · dodging · skirting · eluding · aversion · deflection · distancing · nonparticipation · nonengagement · withdrawal
repudiation
Formal refusal to accept
rebuff · declining · disavowal · denunciation · abandonment · forsaking · discarding · relinquishment · disowning
renunciation
Formal surrender of claim
- forgoingVoluntarily doing without
- refrainingChoosing not to act
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
foreswearing · self-denial · abnegation · temperance · asceticism · fasting · teetotalism · sobriety · celibacy · continence
intentional
Done on purpose
- consciousMentally present and alert
- purposefulDone with intention
- voluntaryDone by choice
willful · calculated · considered · principled · thoughtful · selective · chosen · volitional · knowing · studied
eschewalembrace
Hold closely in arms
pursuit · engagement · seeking · adoption · pursuit
eschewalacceptance
Consent to receive
embracement · embrace · toleration · adoption · pursuit
eschewalindulgence
Yielding to desire
pursuit · partaking · participation · engagement · involvement