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repugnancen. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French repugnance; Latin repugnantia. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman repugnaunce, repungnance, Anglo-Norman and Middle French repugnance, French répugnance opposition, contradiction, incompatibility, inconsistency (13th cent. in Old French), something incompatible (1304), obstacle (1401), aversion (1647) and its etymon classical Latin repugnantia action or means of physical resistance or defence, state of opposition or antipathy, conflict (of principles), contradiction, inconsistency < repugnant- , repugnāns , present participle of repugnāre repugn v. + -ia -ia suffix1; compare -ance suffix. Compare Old Occitan repugnancia , repugnansa (14th cent.), Spanish repugnancia (15th cent.), Portuguese repugnância (15th cent.), Italian ripugnanza (14th cent. as repugnanza ). Compare slightly earlier repugning n. Compare also repugnancy n. 1. the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 53 (MED) In alsone beþ expired þe spiritez & þe vertuez for þe grete subtilite þat þai haue &..not for repugnance of medecenez. a1500 (?a1425) tr. (Lamb.) 78 (MED) Corupcioun and distruccioun of body..kyndly comyth of repugnance [c1484 J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. repugnaunz] of contrarious qualytez and contradiccioun. 1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria f. 269v By the commixtion and repugnaunce of fyre, coulde, and brymstone, greate stones are here throwne into the ayer. 1654 Z. Coke Ep. Ded. sig. A3v Whereof..after long Exagitations and Repugnance of Affairs, we have gotten more then a (glad) glimpse. 1966 5 86 The supposed affinities and repugnances of different things might accidentally give recipes to an alchemist. the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > inconsistency or contradiction c1443 R. Pecock (1927) 44 (MED) Þilk same power schulde be to gidere at oonys best and not best, worþiest and not worþiest, and so schulde folewe repugnaunce, and þat may not be. c1456 R. Pecock (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 168 (MED) Which alle now seid thingis, if thei ben wel considerid, schewen hem silf not oonli to be childeli fantasies and ungroundable fyndingis, but also including falsehedis and repungnauncis. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 369 (MED) Either story may be salvede with owte repugnaunce [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. wiþ seienge; L. repugnantia]. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in iii. f. cccliiii It is open at the ful, that without al maner repugnaunce, god beforne wote al maner thynges ben don by frewyl. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 72 Ther ys no repugnance betwyx your opynyon & myne in thys grete mater. 1569 R. Grafton II. 211 The Copie [of the letter] that came to my hande seemed to conteyne diuerse repugnaunces. 1678 T. Gale iv. iii. 79 In the words of Hosea c. 8. 4. there appears a kind of repugnance. 1755 B. Martin i. iv. 17 You will observe..a palpable Absurdity and Repugnance in the one, and..a perfect Consistency and Agreement in the other. 1769 J. Johnson ii. ii. 135 I endeavoured to shew from the Scriptures, the Distance, Dissimilarity, and the Repugnance between Grace and Sin. 1824 J. Mackintosh Speech S. Amer. in (1846) III. 474 In it there is more than the usual repugnance between the title and the purport. 1843 Jan. 141/1 England is, of all countries, that one in which it may be most truly said that there is no natural repugnance between philosophy and religion. 1888 J. Bryce I. App. 542 Care is taken in preparing the draft, in seeing that it is free from errors or repugnances. 1903 9 194 By the simple counting of cases, we can measure the degree of agreement or repugnance between one kind of social phenomenon and another. 1531 T. Elyot ii. xi. sig. Siijv Where is any repugnaunce, may be none amitie, sens frendshippe is an entier consent of willes and desires. the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun] > mental struggle a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 20 Ychone in hymselfe when he doth nough[t] felyth a gruge in conscyence & repugnance in mynd. 1578 T. Cooper (new ed.) at Discordia Mentis discordia. Ouid. Repugnance of minde not agreeing with it selfe. the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance a1439 J. Lydgate (Bodl. 263) ix. 2409 Christis martirs..List ageyn tirauntes make repugnaunce: Rather deie than doon God displesaunce. a1456 tr. (Marmaduke, Ashm. 59) (1977) 212 (MED) Hate..engendreþe iniurie and he, repugnaunce and rebellion. a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 29 (MED) No man may haue victorye in lasse thanne he haue an enemye, And therfor the repungnaunce is avauncement to thi merite. 1523 J. Skelton 211 To make repungnaunce agayne that ye haue sayde. 1547 sig. F ij Evenso went he vnto his death without any repugnaunce or opening of his mouthe to sie any euill. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in (1848) II. 273 No man reclamed, nor maid repugnance to it, except the Erle of Arrane. 1660 T. White i. 98 The Greeks..refused to profess an Article of faith, if this were one, and yet, without any repugnance or quarrelling about this circumstance, were admitted to communion. 1691 B. Star tr. iv. 73 Well Daughter,..if those on whom you depend, consent to what I desire, will you Obey them without any repugnance? 1747 G. Lyttelton 59 In the Work of converting the Gentiles, St. Paul could have no Assistance, but was sure on the contrary of the utmost Repugnance and Opposition to it imaginable from the Magistrates. 1767 A. Ferguson iii. §i. 172 These modern conquerors complain of rebellion, where they meet with repugnance; and are surprised at being treated as enemies, where they impose their tribute. the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun] 1643 Sir T. Browne (authorized ed.) ii. §1 I feel not in myself those common antipathies..: those national repugnances do not touch me. View more context for this quotation 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense To T. Albius sig. A4, in I confess I addrest myself unwillingly and not without repugnance to the performance. 1765 H. Walpole v. 172 If I were sure Isabella would have no repugnance. 1796 C. Burney I. 90 It is terrible that..he should have no repugnance to injuring numbers. 1854 H. H. Milman III. vi. iii. 76 A deep repugnance against ecclesiastical tyranny may have taken root within his heart. 1874 J. R. Green vii. §3. 370 No marked repugnance to the new worship was shown by the people at large. 1917 A. Cahan (1993) vi. iii. 125 I knew that they lied and shammed to me just as I did to my customers, and their insincerities were only another source of repugnance to me. 1977 6 112 The special repugnance doctors feel towards the idea of a lethal injection. 2001 28 Feb. ii. 2/4 The surge of repugnance I feel every time a lone, ski-tanned Sloane blocks my car with his four-wheel drive. 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