turning-away

English

Noun

turning-away (plural turnings-away)

  1. A deliberate rejection and movement or development in a different direction.
    • 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎:
      One of this century’s stranger trends has been a turning-away from the chains – and a deliberate revival of the props and symbols of yesterday’s vanished high street.
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