Noun
A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings.
The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women. Richard Dawkins
The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns. Marshall McLuhan
My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was 14, the overriding objective of my life has been to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war. Daniel Ellsberg
Survivalists. Gordon felt a wave of revulsion. David Brin
In Lyra's heart, revulsion struggled with compassion, and compassion won. Philip Pullman
From early childhood many had felt they were expected to be perfect, but didn't feel they had the right to express their true feelings to those around them - feelings of guilt of self revulsion and low personal esteem. Creating in them a compulsion to 'disolve like a disprin' and disappear. Diana, Princess of Wales