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repulsion

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Noun
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re=pul=sion

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun repulsion has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

repulsionn. [L. repulsio: cf. F. répulsion.].
  •  The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

repulsion, n.
1 aversion; disgust.
2 esp. Physics the force by which bodies tend to repel each other or increase their mutual distance (opp. ATTRACTION).

Etymology
LL repulsio (as REPEL)

THESAURUS

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

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Repulsion

N repulsion, driving from, repulse, abduction, magnetic repulsion, magnetic levitation, antigravity, repelling, repellent, repulsive, abducent, abductive, centripetal, like charges repel, opposite charges attract, like poles repel, opposite poles attract.

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