[rɪˈvʌlʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sense of disgust and loathing
(e.g: news of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion)

- the drawing of disease or blood congestion from one part of the body to another, e.g. by counterirritation


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in revulsion): from French, or from Latin revulsio(n-), from revuls- ‘torn out’, from the verb revellere (from re- ‘back’ + vellere ‘pull’). revulsion dates from the early 19th century