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re·pul·sion    Audio Help   [ri-puhl-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
2.the feeling of being repelled, as by the thought or presence of something; distaste, repugnance, or aversion.
3.Physics. the force that acts between bodies of like electric charge or magnetic polarity, tending to separate them.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < MF < ML repulsiōn- (s. of LL repulsiō), equiv. to L repuls(us) (see repulse) + -iōn- -ion]
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re·pul·sion    Audio Help   (rĭ-pŭl'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act of repulsing or the condition of being repulsed.
  2. Extreme aversion.
  3. Physics The tendency of particles or bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity to separate.

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repulsion 
1412, "repudiation," from L.L. repulsionem, noun of action from repellere (see repel). Meaning "action of forcing or driving back" is attested from 1547. Repulse (n. and v.) are attested from 1533, originally in Bellenden's Livy, from L. repulsus, pp. of repellere. Adj. repulsive is attested from 1611, from Fr. repulsif (14c.), from M.L. repulsivus, from pp. stem of repellere. Originally it meant "able to repel;" the sense of "causing disgust" is first recorded 1816.

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repulsion

noun
1. the force by which bodies repel one another [ant: attraction
2. intense aversion [syn: repugnance
3. the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand 

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repulsion [rəˈpalʃən] noun
disgust
Arabic: نُفور، مَقْت، إشْمِئْزاز
Chinese (Simplified): 厌恶
Chinese (Traditional): 厭惡
Czech: nechuť
Danish: væmmelse
Dutch: weerzin
Estonian: jälkus
Finnish: inho
French: répulsion
German: der Widerwille
Greek: αποστροφή, απέχθεια
Hungarian: irtózás
Icelandic: viðbjóður
Indonesian: rasa jijik
Italian: ripulsione; repulsione
Japanese: 嫌悪
Korean: 반감, 혐오감
Latvian: pretīgums; riebums
Lithuanian: pasibjaurėjimas, atstūmimas
Norwegian: avsky
Polish: wstręt
Portuguese (Brazil): repulsão
Portuguese (Portugal): repulsa
Romanian: repulsie
Russian: отвращение
Slovak: nechuť, odpor
Slovenian: odvratnost
Spanish: repulsión
Swedish: motvilja
Turkish: iğrenme
See also: repulse, repulsive

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.
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