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repugnancynoun
The quality or property of being repugnant.
Let the foes quietly cut their throats, / Without repugnancy. uE000461399uE001 Shakespeare.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Repugnance, Repugnancynoun
Etymology: repugnance, Fr. from repugnant.
But where difference is without repugnancy, that which hath been can be no prejudice to that which is. Richard Hooker.
It is no affront to omnipotence, if, by reason of the formal incapacity and repugnancy of the thing, we aver that the world could not have been made from all eternity. Richard Bentley.
Why do fond men expose themselves to battle,
And let the foes quietly cut their throats,
Without repugnancy? William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens.Thus did the passions act without any of their present jars, combats or repugnances, all moving with the beauty of uniformity and the stilness of composure. Robert South, Sermons.
That which causes us to lose most of our time, is the repugnance which we naturally have to labour. Dryden.
Webster Dictionary
Repugnancynoun
the state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of repugnancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of repugnancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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