Synonyms for turning away
turn·ing away

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1. avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodgingnoun

   deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

   Synonyms:
   avoidance, scheme, dodging, escape, evasion, shunning, dodge

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1. • Rejection

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1. Philip Racusin:

   This allows small oil and gas operators to get funds when large institutional investors are turning away from the industry.

2. Sergio Munoz:

   What we're doing is restorative justice, chile has evolved from turning away from these issues to taking them on.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   Turning away orphans, applying a religious test, discriminating against Muslims, slamming the door on every single Syrian refugee--is just not who we are. We’re better than that.

4. Michael Aloi:

   Seeing just that stream of spray going into their eyes. And then the woman officer just with her head rubbing her eyes, turning away. What did she do that day, other than show up to do her job, staring down thousands of angry people ? and then the officer who is now no longer with us, it's almost surreal, sort of walking in solitude rubbing his eyes on the Capitol steps.

5. I Ching:

   Indecision regarding the choice among pleasures temporarily robs a man of inner peace. After due reflection, he attains joy by turning away from the lower pleasures and seeking the higher ones.