repel

To ward off or keep away; drive back.

To offer resistance to; fight against.

To refuse to accept or submit to; reject.

To refuse to accept (someone); spurn.

To cause aversion or distaste in: synonym: disgust.

To be resistant to; be incapable of absorbing or mixing with.

To present an opposing force to; push back or away from by a force.

To offer a resistant force to something.

To cause aversion or distaste.

To drive back; force to return; check the advance of; repulse: as, to repel an assailant.