revulsion
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Is revulsion a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.uncountableusually
2. (obsolete) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.Examples: "To run on in deſpight of the Revulſions and Pul-backs of ſuch Remora’s aggravates our tranſgreſſions."; "The recent financial revulsion has revealed the feeble basis on which credit now stands, […]"obsoleteuncountableusually
3. (obsolete) A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.Examples: "We resolve, and our resolutions melt away with a word and a look: we are the toys of an emotion. And yet I think Norbourne was right in his sudden revulsion in favour of his uncle. We are rarely wrong when we act from impulse."; "A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in the parliament and in the country, followed."obsoleteuncountableusually
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