definition of eschewing
eschew (third-person singular simple present eschews, present participle eschewing, simple past and past participle eschewed) (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from. The verb eschew is not normally applied to the avoidance or shunning of a person or physical object, but rather, only to the avoidance or shunning of an idea, concept, or other intangible.