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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. [1913 Webster]

2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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
 

 

repulsion

noun

1: the force by which bodies repel one another [syn: repulsive force] [ant: attraction]
2: intense aversion [syn: repugnance, revulsion, horror]
3: the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand [syn: standoff]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

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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