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repugnance (n.)

late 14c., from Old French repugnance "opposition, resistance" (13c.) or directly from Latin repugnantia "incompatibility," from stem of repugnare "resist, disagree, be incompatible," from re- "back" (see re-) + pugnare "to fight" (from PIE root *peuk- "to prick").

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Definitions of repugnance from WordNet

repugnance (n.)
intense aversion;
Synonyms: repulsion / revulsion / horror
repugnance (n.)
the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time;
Synonyms: incompatibility / mutual exclusiveness / inconsistency
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