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   eschew

   /ɪsˈtʃuː/

   verb

   • 1. deliberately avoid using; abstain from: "he appealed to the crowd to eschew violence"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French eschiver, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to German scheuen ‘shun’, also to shy1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. eschewal noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • C

     3

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • W

     4

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