Main Entry:

aver·sion

Pronunciation:

\ə-ˈvər-zhən, -shən\

Function:

noun

Date:

1596

1obsolete : the act of turning away2 a: a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it <regards drunkenness with aversion> b: a settled dislike : antipathy <expressed an aversion to parties> c: a tendency to extinguish a behavior or to avoid a thing or situation and especially a usually pleasurable one because it is or has been associated with a noxious stimulus3: an object of aversion <inconstancy is my aversion — Jane Austen>