A*ver"sion (&?;), n. [L. aversio: cf.
F. aversion. See Avert.] 1. A turning
away. [Obs.]
Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness.
Bp. Atterbury.
2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike;
antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.
Mutual aversion of races.
Prescott.
His rapacity had made him an object of general
aversion.
Macaulay.
&fist; It is now generally followed by to before the object. [See
Averse.] Sometimes towards and for are found;
from is obsolete.
A freeholder is bred with an aversion to
subjection.
Addison.
His aversion towards the house of York.
Bacon.
It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has
conceived an aversion for him.
Spectator.
The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk.
J. D. Hooker.
3. The object of dislike or repugnance.
Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire.
Pope.
Syn. -- Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See
Dislike.
