plural repulsions
1
: a feeling of strong dislike or disgust
I read about what happened with a feeling of shock and repulsion.
She felt a repulsion for politics.
2
physics
: a force that pushes something away from something else
magnetic repulsion
a repulsion between the particles
3
: the act of pushing someone or something away : the act of repulsing something or someone
their successful repulsion of the attack/attackers
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“Repulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/repulsion. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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