Definition of repulsion Repulsion
re•pul•sion
We found 10 definitions of repulsion from 4 different sources.
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What does repulsion mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: repulsions |
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| repulsion - the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand | ||
| standoff | ||
| stand a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone" | ||
| repulsion - the force by which bodies repel one another | ||
| repulsive force | ||
| attractive force, attraction the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" | ||
| force physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" | ||
| repulsion - intense aversion | ||
| repugnance, revulsion, horror | ||
| disgust strong feelings of dislike | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- repulsion (n.)
The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled. - repulsion (n.)
A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance. - repulsion (n.)
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; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.
Part of speech
🔤- repulsion, noun, singular of repulsions.
