Repulsion \Re*pul"sion\ (r?-p?l"sh?n), n. [L. repulsio: cf. F.
r['e]pulsion.]
1. The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being
repulsed or repelled.
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2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
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3. (Physics) The power, either inherent or due to some
physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of
bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist
each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion;
electrical repulsion.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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55 Moby Thesaurus words for "repulsion":
abhorrence, abomination, allergy, antagonism, antipathy, aversion,
challenge, cold sweat, combative reaction, complaint,
counteraction, creeping flesh, defiance, demur, detestation,
disgust, dispute, dissent, dissentience, enmity, fractiousness,
hate, hatred, horror, hostility, loathing, mortal horror, nausea,
negativism, noncooperation, objection, obstinacy, opposition,
passive resistance, protest, reaction, rebuff, recalcitrance,
recalcitrancy, recalcitration, refractoriness, reluctance,
remonstrance, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency,
repugnance, repulse, resistance, revolt, shuddering, stand,
uncooperativeness, withstanding
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Repulsion \Re*pul"sion\ (r?-p?l"sh?n), n. [L. repulsio: cf. F.
r['e]pulsion.]
1. The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being
repulsed or repelled.
2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
3. (Physics) The power, either inherent or due to some
physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of
bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist
each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion;
electrical repulsion.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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