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Shirk

🔄 Synonyms of "Shirk"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
warenoun	(uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
shrink fromverb	avoid (one's assigned duties)

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shirk"

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Word	Definition
warenoun	(uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
shrink fromverb	avoid (one's assigned duties)
shunverb	(transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
eschewverb	(transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
avoidverb	(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
abandonverb	(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
depriveverb	(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
derogateverb	(transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
renegeverb	(intransitive) To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word. [(often) with on]
abdicateverb	(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
obviateverb	(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
eludeverb	(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
abrogateverb	(transitive, law) To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
evadeverb	(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
relinquishverb	(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
escapeverb	(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
withdrawverb	(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
circumventverb	(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
divertverb	(transitive) To turn aside from a course.
subtractverb	(transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.