Definitions of repulsion

1. the force by which bodies repel one another

2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.

3. 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.

4. Act of repulsing or driving back: state of being repelled: power by which bodies or their particles repel each other.

5. Repulse; power by which bodies repel each other.

6. The act of repelling; the state of being repelled; repulsive power.

7. The act of driving back; the power by which bodies or their particles, under certain circumstances, are made to recede from each other.