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Webster 1913 Edition
Aversion
1.
A turning away.
[Obs.]
Adhesion to vice and
aversion
from goodness. Bp. Atterbury.
2.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.
Mutual
aversion
of races. Prescott.
His rapacity had made him an object of general
aversion
. Macaulay.
☞ It is now generally followed by to before the object. [See
Averse
.] Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete. A freeholder is bred with an
aversion to
subjection. Addison.
His
aversion towards
the house of York. Bacon.
It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an
aversion for
him. Spectator.
The Khasias . . . have an
aversion to
milk. J. D. Hooker.
3.
The object of dislike or repugnance.
Pain their
aversion
, pleasure their desire. Pope.
Syn. – Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See
Dislike
. Webster 1828 Edition
Aversion
AVER'SION
,Noun.
1.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; dislike; disinclination; reluctance; hatred. Usually this word expresses moderate hatred, or opposition of mind, not amounting to abhorrence or detestation. It ought generally to be followed by to before the object. [See averse.] Sometimes it admits of for.A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection.
2.
Opposition or contrariety of nature; applied to inanimate substances.Magnesia, notwithstanding this aversion to solution, forms a kind of paste with water.
3.
The cause of dislike.Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire.