turning away

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turning away - deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happeningavoidance, shunning, dodgingrejection - the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"aversion, averting - the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"escape - an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"near thing - something that barely avoids failure or disaster