Overview of noun turning_away

The noun turning away has 1 sense

• avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging -- (deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening)

Overview of verb turn_away

The verb turn away has 4 senses

• turn away -- (move so as not face somebody or something)


• deflect, bend, turn away -- (turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest)


• reject, turn down, turn away, refuse -- (refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs")


• avert, turn away -- (turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered")