Antonyms for eschewing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : es-choo

Phonetic Transcription : ɛsˈtʃu

Definition of eschewing

Origin : mid-14c., from Old French eschiver "shun, eschew, avoid, dispense with," from Frankish *skiuhan "dread, avoid, shun," from Proto-Germanic *skeukhwaz (cf. Old High German sciuhen "to avoid, escape," German scheuen "to fear, shun, shrink from," scheu "shy, timid"); see shy (v.). Related: Eschewed; eschewing. Italian schivare "to avoid, shun, protect from," schivo "shy, bashful" also are loan words from West Germanic.

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Example sentences :

Make a point of eschewing everything in the nature of alcohol.
Extract from : « Harry Escombe » by Harry Collingwood

He confines his labors to the daytime, eschewing evening work.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 » by Various

They were making more sail, as if desirous of eschewing our company.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. I of 2) » by Michael Scott

Theschewing, for The eschewing, the avoiding (of anything), 5.
Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes » by Geoffrey Chaucer

Eschewing the indulgence of the sleeper, we talked through the dark hours.
Extract from : « Reminiscences, 1819-1899 » by Julia Ward Howe.

Mommsen I believe to be right in eschewing the word "Triumvirate."
Extract from : « Life of Cicero » by Anthony Trollope

Miss Hart had a theory that many of the modern diseases might be traced directly to the eschewing of feather-beds.
Extract from : « The Shoulders of Atlas » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

They believed the problem was to be solved by eschewing politics and putting money in the purse.
Extract from : « Southern Horrors » by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

He had now three children of his own, and the necessity of eschewing skittles, and presiding over the sawpit, became urgent.
Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard

But here we come up against the307 first preoccupation of eschewing all so-called literary content.
Extract from : « The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 » by Various

Synonyms for eschewing

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