repulsion

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  1. noun The act of repulsing or the condition of being repulsed.
  2. noun Extreme aversion.
  3. noun Physics The tendency of particles or bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity to separate.

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  • And his repulsion was heightened when he found that these assumptions were justified, not by some permanent advantage which their victory would procure for the mother country or for the colonies, or which would repay the cost of gaining such a victory; not by the assertion and demonstration of some positive duty, but by the futile and meaningless doctrine that we had a right to do something or other, if we liked. —  Burke
  • There are days for us, in which we can make ready our plan. —  The Deadlocked City
  • I cannot! "she cried, aloud; and it struck her that her repulsion was a holy warning. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
  • Darwin, ... was stopped always on the second page of the 'Loves of the Plants' when I tried to read him to 'justify myself in having an opinion' — the repulsion was too strong. —  The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
  • she cried, aloud; and it struck her that her repulsion was a holy warning. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
 

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  1. =Old French repulsion, French répulsion =Spanish repulsion =Portuguese repulsão =Italian repulsione, ripulsione, from Late Latin repulsio (n-), a refutation, from Latin repellere, past participle repulsus, drive back, repulse: see repulse and repel.
 

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