1. to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
2. to thrust back or away.
3. to resist effectively (an attack, onslaught, etc.).
4. to keep off or out; fail to mix with: Water and oil repel each other.
5. to resist the absorption or passage of (water or other liquid): This coat repels rain.
6. to refuse to have to do with; resist involvement in: to repel temptation.
7. to refuse to accept or admit; reject: to repel a suggestion.
8. to discourage the advances of (a person): He repelled me with his harshness.
9. to cause distaste or aversion in: Their untidy appearance repelled us.
10. to push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another (opposed to attract): The north pole of one magnet will repel the north pole of another.

11. to act with a force that drives or keeps away something.
12. to cause distaste or aversion.

1. to force or drive back (something or somebody, esp an attacker)
2. to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste in (someone or something); be disgusting (to)
3. to push aside; dismiss
4. to be effective in keeping away, controlling, or resisting
5. to have no affinity for; fail to mix with or absorb
6. to disdain to accept (something); turn away from or spurn
7. to exert an opposing force on (something)

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