2. To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.
REPULSE
Re*pulse", n. Etym: [L. repulsa, fr. repellere, repulsum.]
1. The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back. By fate repelled, and with repulses tired. Denham. He received in the repulse of Tarquin seven hurts in the body. Shak.
2. Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
REPULSELESS
Re*pulse"less, a.
Defn: Not capable of being repulsed.
REPULSER
Re*puls"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who repulses, or drives back.
REPULSION
Re*pul"sion (r-pl"shn), n. Etym: [L. repulsio: cf. F. répulsion.]
1. The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.