What Does Repel Mean?

The word "repel" is a verb that means to keep away or to ward off. Repel can also refer to fight against something or to offer resistance against somebody or something. Repel can also mean a refusal to accept and in this sense to spurn or to turn away. It can be used to refer to the physical characteristics of something as being unable to mix or absorb something else. In the realm of Physics repel refers to the property of some thing to repel by presenting an opposing force. Synonyms of "repel" are rebuff, brush off, revolt, disgust, attract, push back, force back, snub etc.

Repel is taken from the Middle English word "repellen", taken from the Old French word "repeller" and derived from the Latin "repellere" meaning to drive.

The   word  repel  means,  away  or ward off

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.
–verb (used without object)
11.to act with a force that drives or keeps away something.
12.to cause distaste or aversion.

Repel means when two same poles meet each other. Like poles of magnet. As both the south pole.

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