As verbs the difference between estrange and eschew
is that estrange is to cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form {{term|estranged|lang=en}}) while eschew is to avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
estrange
English
Verb
(estrang)
To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.
Usage notes
Largely synonymous with alienate, estrange'' is primarily used to mean “cut off relations”, particularly in a family setting, while ''alienate'' is rather used to refer to driving off (“he ''alienated'' her with his atrocious behavior”) or to offend a group (“the imprudent remarks ''alienated the urban demographic”).
When speaking of parents being estranged from a child of theirs, disown is frequently used instead, and has a stronger connotation.
Synonyms
* (cause to feel less close) alienate, antagonize, disaffect, isolate
* (remove from an accustomed context) wean
Derived terms
* estrangement
* estranger
Related terms
* (l)
* (l)
Coordinate terms
* (l)
Anagrams
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eschew
English
Verb
(
en verb)
(formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
Usage notes
* The verb 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.
Quotations
{{timeline
, 1500s=1599
, 1900s=1927
, 2010s=2014}}
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*: What cannot be eschew’d must be embrac’d.
* 1927 ,
*: He could afford no servants, and would admit but few visitors to his absolute solitude; eschewing close friendships and receiving his rare acquaintances in one of the three ground-floor rooms which he kept in order.
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Derived terms
* (l)
Related terms
* shy
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