repugnancy /ɹɪˈpʌɡnənsi/ noun3 •The quality of being repugnant: offensiveness, repulsion.Even Pennant, with all his repugnancy to the toad, could not be induced to favour the popular belief in its poisonous character. — 1893 •The quality of being repugnant: (logical) opposition, contradiction, incompatibility.The first man, Adam, experienced no kind of repugnancy between the divine justice and the divine mercy. — 1773 •(no longer used) Resistance, fighting back.Why do fond men expose themselues to Battell, And not endure all threats? Sleep vpon’t, And let the Foes quietly cut their Throats Without repugnancy? — 1605 formsrepugnancies