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Examples
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Her odious character is matched by her physical repellance.
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Teflon, for instance, might be ideal in moisture repellance and friction.
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Why should there be this inexplicable compassion, when the normal sensation should have been repellance?
The Ragged Edge Harold MacGrath 1901
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Presently repellance grew under the frozen mask of astonishment and dissipated it.
The Ragged Edge Harold MacGrath 1901
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Its usual chill repellance had been changed into something inviting by the wood fire on the hearth, and on the bed where the guests had deposited their wraps lay an array of millinery which drew her irresistibly.
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