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repulsion

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Noun

HYPHEN

re=pul=sion

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun repulsion has 3 senses

repulsion(n = noun.phenomenon) repulsive force - the force by which bodies repel one another;

is a kind of force

Antonym: attraction

repulsion(n = noun.feeling) horror, repugnance, revulsion - intense aversion;

is a kind of disgust

repulsion(n = noun.act) standoff - the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand;

is a kind of stand

Derived forms verb repulse₁, verb repulse₃

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CIDE DICTIONARY

repulsion, n. [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]

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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)

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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

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.