repulsion

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The act of repulsing or the condition of being repulsed.

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Extreme aversion.

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The force that causes particles or bodies to repel one another, as from having the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.

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In biology, conspicuous unlikeness in the color or markings of allied species which inhabit the same locality.

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The act of repelling or driving back, or the state of being repelled; specifically, in physics, the action which two bodies exert upon each other when they tend to increase their mutual distance: as, the repulsion between like magnetic poles or similarly electrified bodies.

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The act of repelling mentally; the act of arousing repellent feeling; also, the feeling thus aroused, or the occasion of it; aversion.

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The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.

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A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.

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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

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The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.