Meaning & use
Repugnance
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A strong feeling of dislike, disgust, or distaste.
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She could not hide her repugnance at the smell coming from the alley.
He voted against the bill out of moral repugnance for its implications.
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From Latin 'repugnare,' meaning to fight against, reflecting the word's sense of an instinctive resistance to something offensive.
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