What does eschew mean?
Eschew means (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from..
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/ɛsˈt͡ʃuː/ · verb
(transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from..
And peraduenture my lady the quene sente for hym to that entente that syr Launcelot shold come to her good grace pryuely and secretely wenynge to her that hit was best so to do in eschewyng & dredyng of sklaunder "And peradventure my lady, the queen, sent for him to that intent that Sir Launcelot should come to her good grace privily and secretly, weening to her that it was best so to do, in eschewing and dreading of slander"
What cannot be eschew'd must be embrac'd.
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Above all, let her eschew the impertinence of invention; let her leave genius to her milliner.
He could afford no servants, and would admit but few visitors to his absolute solitude; eschewing close friendships and receiving his rare acquaintances in one of the three ground-floor rooms which he kept in order.
[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.
I eschew the idea of plugging in my laptop to take notes and resort to old-fashioned pen and paper instead, so that I can enjoy more of the view and not be distracted by bashing a keyboard.
Use eschew when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Eschew means (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from..
Common synonyms include shun.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And peraduenture my lady the quene sente for hym to that entente that syr Launcelot shold come to her good grace pryuely and secretely wenynge to her that hit was best so to do in eschewyng & dredyng of sklaunder "And peradventure my lady, the queen, sent for him to that intent that Sir Launcelot should come to her good grace privily and secretly, weening to her that it was best so to do, in eschewing and dreading of slander"
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