Engage and Shun

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Engage verb - To hold the attention of.

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Shun is an antonym for engage in topics: attack, use, engross, interconnect, promise to marry.

Nearby Words: engagement, engaging, engagingly

Shun verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

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Engage is an antonym for shun.

Nearby Word: shunned

kind	engage kind	shun kind
humans	engage humans	shun humans

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