shirk

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
2. verb To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.

   If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.

3. verb To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
4. noun One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.
5. noun The unforgivable sin of association (claiming something or someone can share in the oneness of God).

Similar words

ware shrink from shun eschew avoid abandon deprive derogate renege abdicate

Often followed by

the their his it responsibility from its a and

Word family

shirked shirker shirkers shirking shirks