The term REPULSE is defined as to drive away or cause to feel DISGUST or aversion. This can be done in a variety of ways, such as by sickening, snubbing, rejecting, checking, disgusting, parrying, REFUSAL, nixing, backing, defying, pushing, routing, arguing, lumps, rebutting, repelling, saying no, spurning, defeating, defending, DENIAL, forgetting, hindering, offending, rebuffing, rebuking, refusing, relucting, resisting, revolting, bad luck, beat off, CONQUER, DISDAIN, DISMISS, FAILURE, fend off, heave ho, hold off, keep off, put down, REVERSE, SETBACK, ward off, turn off, brush off, fight off, fluff off, gross out, and hard time. All of these words are related to the idea of driving away or causing aversion.