\Re*pul"sion\ (r?-p?l"sh?n), n. [L. repulsio: cf. F.
r['e]pulsion.]
1. The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being
   repulsed or repelled.
2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
3. (Physics) 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.