Aversion \A*ver"sion\, n. [L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See Avert.]

1. A turning away. [Obs.]

Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. --Bp. Atterbury.

2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.

Mutual aversion of races. --Prescott.

His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. --Macaulay.

Note: It is now generally followed by to before the object. [See Averse.]

Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete.

A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection. --Addison.

His aversion towards the house of York. --Bacon.

It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an aversion for him. --Spectator.

The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk. --J. D. Hooker.

3. The object of dislike or repugnance.

Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. --Pope.

Syn: Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See Dislike.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)