2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
3. (Physics)
Defn: The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.
REPULSIVE
Re*pul"sive (-sv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. répulsif.]
1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force. Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. Pope.
2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
— Re*pul"sive*ly, adv.
— Re*pul"sive*ness, n.
REPULSORY
Re*pul"so*ry (-s-r), a. Etym: [L. repulsorius.]
Defn: Repulsive; driving back.
REPURCHASE
Re*pur"chase (r*pr"chs; 48), v. t.
Defn: To buy back or again; to regain by purchase. Sir M. Hale.