\A*ver"sion\, n. [L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See
{Avert}.]
1. A turning away. [Obs.]
         Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. --Bp.
                                               Atterbury.
2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike;
   antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.
         Mutual aversion of races.             --Prescott.
         His rapacity had made him an object of general
         aversion.                             --Macaulay.
Note: It is now generally followed by to before the object.
      [See {Averse}.] Sometimes towards and for are found;
      from is obsolete.
            A freeholder is bred with an aversion to
            subjection.                        --Addison.
            His aversion towards the house of York. --Bacon.
            It is not difficult for a man to see that a
            person has conceived an aversion for him.
                                               --Spectator.
            The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk. --J.
                                               D. Hooker.
3. The object of dislike or repugnance.
         Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. --Pope.
Syn: Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See {Dislike}.