Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

289. [Motion from, actively; force driving apart.] Repulsion — N.

repulsion; driving from &c v.; repulse, abduction. magnetic repulsion, magnetic levitation; antigravity. V. repel, push from, drive apart, drive from &c 276; chase, dispel; retrude†; abduce†, abduct; send away; repulse. keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder; send off, send away with a flea in one's ear. Adj. repelling &c v.; repellent, repulsive; abducent†, abductive†. centripetal Phr. like charges repel; opposite charges attract; like poles repel, opposite poles attract.