01 n. A turning away.
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1.
A turning away.[Obs.]“Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness.” — Bp. Atterbury.
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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.“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.
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3.
The object of dislike or repugnance.“Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire.” — Pope.
Syn.
Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See Dislike.