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Noun: repugnance  ri'púg-nun(t)s
  1. Intense aversion
    "The graphic violence in the film caused repugnance in many viewers";
    - repulsion, revulsion, horror
     
  2. The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
    "There was a logical repugnance between his two statements";
    - incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency

Derived forms: repugnances

Type of: contradictoriness, disgust