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Webster 1913 Edition


Repugnancy

{

Re-pug′nance

(-nans)
,

Re-pug′nan-cy

(-nan-s?)
, }
Noun.
[F.
répugnance
, L.
repugnantia
.]
The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like.
That which causes us to lose most of our time is the
repugnance
which we naturally have to labor.
Dryden.
Let the foes quietly cut their throats,
Without
repugnancy
.
Shakespeare
Syn. – Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See
Dislike
.

Definition 2024


repugnancy

repugnancy

English

Noun

repugnancy (countable and uncountable, plural repugnancies)

  1. The quality or property of being repugnant.
    Let the foes quietly cut their throats, / Without repugnancy. Shakespeare.