re·pul·sion 
/rɪˈpʌlʃən/ noun
plural re·pul·sions /rɪˈpʌlʃən/ noun 1 : a feeling of strong dislike or disgust [noncount] ▪ I read about what happened with a feeling of shock and repulsion. [singular] ▪ She felt a repulsion for politics. 2 physics : a force that pushes something away from something else [noncount] ▪ magnetic repulsion [count] ▪ a repulsion between the particles — opposite attraction 3 [noncount] : the act of pushing someone or something away : the act of repulsing something or someone
▪ their successful repulsion of the attack/attackers
▪ their successful repulsion of the attack/attackers
