repellence

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re⋅pel

[ri-pel]

verb, -pelled, -pel⋅ling.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).

2.	to thrust back or away.

3.	to resist effectively (an attack, onslaught, etc.).

4.	to keep off or out; fail to mix with: Water and oil repel each other.

5.	to resist the absorption or passage of (water or other liquid): This coat repels rain.

6.	to refuse to have to do with; resist involvement in: to repel temptation.

7.	to refuse to accept or admit; reject: to repel a suggestion.

8.	to discourage the advances of (a person): He repelled me with his harshness.

9.	to cause distaste or aversion in: Their untidy appearance repelled us.

10.	to push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another (opposed to attract ): The north pole of one magnet will repel the north pole of another.

–verb (used without object)

11.	to act with a force that drives or keeps away something.

12.	to cause distaste or aversion.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME repellen < L repellere to drive back, equiv. to re- re- + pellere to drive, push; see repulse

Related forms:

re⋅pel⋅lence, re⋅pel⋅len⋅cy, noun

re⋅pel⋅ler, noun

re⋅pel⋅ling⋅ly, adverb

re⋅pel⋅ling⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. repulse, parry, ward off. 3. withstand, oppose, rebuff. 7. decline, rebuff.

Antonyms:
1. attract.

re·pel·lent also re·pel·lant (rĭ-pěl'ənt)

adj.

1. Serving or tending to repel.
2. Able to repel.
Inspiring aversion or distaste; repulsive. See Synonyms at hateful, offensive.
Resistant or impervious to a substance. Often used in combination: a water-repellent fabric.

One that repels.
1. A substance used to repel insects.
2. A substance or treatment for making a fabric or surface impervious or resistant to something else.

re·pel'lence, re·pel'len·cy n., re·pel'lent·ly adv.

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