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- Dictionaryes·chew/əsˈCHo͞o/
verb
- 1. deliberately avoid using; abstain from: "he appealed to the crowd to eschew violence"
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The meaning of ESCHEW is to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun. How to use eschew in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Eschew.
ESCHEW definition: 1. to avoid something intentionally, or to give something up: 2. to avoid something intentionally…. Learn more.
You eschew things that you find morally or aesthetically wrong, or that you have chosen to find wrong. A dieter might eschew a chocolate sundae, not because he doesn’t like it, but because he’s afraid of what it will do to his waistline.
Eschew definition: to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid. See examples of ESCHEW used in a sentence.
ESCHEW meaning: 1. to avoid something intentionally, or to give something up: 2. to avoid something intentionally…. Learn more.
If you eschew something, you deliberately avoid doing it or becoming involved in it. [formal] Although he appeared to enjoy a jet-setting life, he eschewed publicity and avoided nightclubs. [VERB noun] Synonyms: avoid, give up, abandon, have nothing to do with More Synonyms of eschew.
1. To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of: "Italian tends to eschew the sort of polite euphemisms in which English glories" ( David Leavitt ). See Synonyms at evade. 2. To refrain from (doing something). [Middle English escheuen, from Old French eschivir, of Germanic origin; akin to akin to shy .] es·chew′al (-əl) n.
eschew something to deliberately avoid or keep away from something. He had eschewed politics in favour of a life practising law.
Eschew definition: To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of.
If you eschew something, you deliberately avoid doing it or becoming involved in it. [ formal ] Although he appeared to enjoy a jet-setting life, he eschewed publicity and avoided nightclubs.
