shunning

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)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.”

   “Shunnings divided families, turning sisters and brothers into strangers ... . . even if the shunned one repented and returned home.”

   “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.”