spurning
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Spurn \Spurn\ (sp[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned (sp[^u]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning.] [OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push. [root]171. See Spur.]
1.To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick. [1913 Webster]
[The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt. [1913 Webster]
What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet.— Locke.[1913 Webster]