• IPA: /ɹɪˈvʌlʃən/, /ɹəvʌˈlʃən/

revulsion (uncountable)

1. Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
2. A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
3. (medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
4. (obsolete) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

     Revulsions and pull-backs.

5. (obsolete) A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.
   • 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:

• German: Abscheu, Widerwille
• Italian: ripulsione
• Portuguese: revulsão
• Russian: отвраще́ние

• German: Ekel, Ekelgefühl
• Italian: ripulsione
• Portuguese: revulsão
• Russian: отвраще́ние

• German: Ableitung, Revulsio
• Italian: revulsione
• Portuguese: revulsão