Synonyms for turn away
turn away

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1. turn awayverb

   move so as not face somebody or something

   Synonyms:
   avert, deflect, bend, turn down, reject, refuse

2. deflect, bend, turn awayverb

   turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

   Synonyms:
   distract, bow, avert, ward off, refuse, twist, bend, deform, obviate, fend off, stave off, block, debar, avoid, head off, forfend, stoop, forefend, parry, flex, deflect, reject, crouch, turn, turn down

3. reject, turn down, turn away, refuseverb

   refuse entrance or membership

   "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

   Synonyms:
   freeze off, eliminate, rule out, avert, deflect, deny, resist, bend, winnow out, lower, decline, lour, spurn, pass up, pooh-pooh, reject, disapprove, disdain, scorn, defy, refuse, turn down

4. avert, turn awayverb

   turn away or aside

   "They averted their eyes when the King entered"

   Synonyms:
   deflect, head off, refuse, obviate, forfend, forefend, avoid, turn down, stave off, fend off, bend, debar, ward off, reject, avert

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1. turn away

   Synonyms:
   [active.] avert, turn aside

2. turn away

   Synonyms:
   dismiss (from service), discard, cashier, turn off

3. turn away

   Synonyms:
   [Neuter.] deviate

4. turn away

   Synonyms:
   go, depart, remove

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1. Scott C. Holstad:

   you look your woman in the eye and kill her by telling her the truth or you turn away and let her see what she wants. i try not to shake too much when i turn the lights out and the sobbing begins

2. Christina Rossetti:

   I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, Where? What? and turn away.

3. A.E. Samaan:

   Turn away, if you can. Return you will with hunger peaked and primed.

4. United States:

   E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product now among American adolescents, more so than cigarettes, these are the products that young people seem to be turning to, and they continue to turn away from cigarettes.

5. Yusuf Muftuoglu:

   These long-term investor circles do not really care how autocratic Turkey becomes, because they are already working with countries such as Saudi and others around the world with bad records on human rights, in more strategic circles, the question is will Turkey be part of a new rising eastern bloc and turn away from the West. As long as it remains somewhere in between, the political risk is seen as manageable.