repulse

verb

1. (transitive)To repel or drive back.

   “to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy”

   “If we fail to repulse the enemy within the gates--unemployment, poverty, disorganized agriculture and the like--from whence may we expect the united strength and clear purpose to repulse any outside force?”

2. (transitive)To reject or rebuff.

   “to repulse a suitor”

   “At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness. She was not repulsed, but her reception was cold; and this hurt her almost as badly.”

3. (transitive)To cause revulsion in; to repel.

   “The smell of rotting food repulsed me.”

   “I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.”

noun

1. The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
2. Refusal, rejection or repulsion.