shun

 
Pronunciation: /ʃʌn/

verb (shuns, shunning, shunned)

[with object]
  • persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution: he shunned fashionable society (as adjective shunned) the shunned wife’s quiet divorce

Origin:

Old English scunian 'abhor, shrink back with fear, seek safety from an enemy', of unknown origin