repel: meaning and definitions

To ward off or keep away; drive back: repel insects.

To offer resistance to; fight against: repel an invasion.

To refuse to accept; reject: a company that was trying to repel a hostile takeover.

To turn away from; spurn.

To cause aversion or distaste in: Your rudeness repels everyone. See Synonyms at disgust. See Usage Note at repulse.

To be resistant to; be incapable of absorbing or mixing with: Oil repels water.

Physics To present an opposing force to; push back or away by a force: Electric charges of the same sign repel one another.

To offer a resistant force to something.

To cause aversion or distaste: behavior that repels.