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Repugnance is intense dislike.

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The smell of very rotten milk is an example of something that might make you feel repugnance.

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See repugnance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

inconsistency or contradiction
extreme dislike or distaste; aversion; antipathy

Origin: ME < MFr < L repugnantia < repugnans, prp. of repugnare: see repugn

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See repugnance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Extreme dislike or aversion.
Logic The relationship of contradictory terms; inconsistency.

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