shunning

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of shun

noun

1. The act by which something is shunned; avoidance.
   His mind began showering him with painful memories, forcing him to relive shunnings that stretched from elementary to high school and a procession of college roommates who'd ignore him after the first week. 2003, Nelson Erlick, GermLine, page 100
   Shunnings divided families, turning sisters and brothers into strangers ... . . even if the shunned one repented and returned home. 2004, Beverly Lewis, The Prodigal, page 36
   It was during one of my first “shunnings” that I learned a very valuable lesson. Playground politics, it seemed, dictated that while being shunned by the cool group, it was not acceptable behavior to start hanging around with the “non-cool” group. 2008, David Ritchie, A Harmless Drug, page 3