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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: move so as not face somebody or something
2: turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest [syn: deflect, bend, turn away]
3: refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" [syn: reject, turn down, turn away, refuse] [ant: admit, allow in, intromit, let in]
4: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered" [syn: avert, turn away]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. deflect, avert 2. a. to send away ; reject, dismiss b. repel c. to refuse admittance or acceptance to intransitive verb to start to go away ; depart

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you turn someone away, you do not allow them to enter your country, home, or other place. Turning refugees away would be an inhumane action... Hard times are forcing community colleges to turn away students. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) 2. To turn away from something such as a method or an idea means to stop using it or to become different from it. Japanese corporations have been turning away from production and have diverted into finance and real estate... PHRASAL VERB: V P from n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. (Active.) 1. Avert, turn aside. 2. Dismiss (from service), discard, cashier, turn off. II. (Neuter.) 1. Deviate, forsake. 2. Go, depart, remove.

Moby Thesaurus

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