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Repugnance \Re*pug"nance\ (-nans), Repugnancy \Re*pug"nan*cy\ (-nan-s?), n. [F. r['e]pugnance, L. repugnantia.]

The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. [1913 Webster]

That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

repugnance

noun

1: intense aversion [syn: repulsion, revulsion, horror]
2: the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time [syn: incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Repugnance \Re*pug"nance\ (-nans), Repugnancy \Re*pug"nan*cy\ (-nan-s?), n. [F. r['e]pugnance, L. repugnantia.]

The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like.

That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. --Dryden.

Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. --Shak.

Syn: Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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