revulsion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.

   To run on in deſpight of the Revulſions and Pul-backs of ſuch Remora’s aggravates our tranſgreſſions.

2. 2
   noun

   A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.

   We resolve, and our resolutions melt away with a word and a look: we are the toys of an emotion. And yet I think Norbourne was right in his sudden revulsion in favour of his uncle. We are rarely wrong when we act from impulse.

3. 3
   noun

   intense aversion

4. 4
   noun

   Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.

5. 5
   noun

   A sudden violent feeling of disgust.

6. 6
   noun

   The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.

Etymology

Partly from Middle French révulsion and partly from Latin revulsiō.