To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
To try not to do something or to have something happen
to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.