Revulsion

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  • noun. A sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust or loathing.
  • noun. A withdrawing or turning away from something.
  • noun. The reduction of superficial inflammation in an affected body part, as by topical agents, in order to decrease inflammation in adjacent structures.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of pulling or drawing away; abstraction; forced separation.
  • noun. In medicine, the diminution of morbid action in one locality by developing it artificially in another, as by counter-irritation.
  • noun. A sudden or violent change, particularly a change of feeling.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
  • noun. A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings.
  • noun. The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror
  • noun. A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
  • noun. The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
  • noun. A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
  • noun. A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. intense aversion
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