aversion, averting
(noun) the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; “averting her gaze meant that she was angry”
antipathy, aversion, distaste
(noun) a feeling of intense dislike
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aversion (countable and uncountable, plural aversions)
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.
Synonyms: antipathy, disinclination, reluctance
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Synonym: abomination
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
• vairones, veraison
Source: Wiktionary
A*ver"sion, n. Etym: [L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See Avert.]
1. A turning away. [Obs.] Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. Bp. Atterbury.
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.
Note: It is now generally followed by to before the object. [See Averse.] Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete. 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.
3. The object of dislike or repugnance. Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. Pope.
Syn.
– Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See Dislike.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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