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repugnant(dictionary)
REPUGNANT(law)
REPUGNANT CONDITION(law)

repugnant (iou)



repugnant adjective & noun. LME.
[French repugnant or Latin repugnant- pres. ppl stem of repugnare: see REPUGN, -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
Contrary or contradictory (to), inconsistent or incompatible (with). LME.
W. Cruise The clause was void, because it was repugnant to the..act.
Offering resistance (to); opposing, hostile, antagonistic. LME.
Byron The drill'd dull lesson, forced down..In my repugnant youth.
Distasteful or objectionable to a person; offensive, repulsive. L18.
S. Rosenberg A marriage of convenience was repugnant to her.
B. noun.
Logic. A term or proposition forming the contrary or contradictory of another. L15-L17.
A recusant, a resister. rare. Only in E17.
repugnantly adverb in a repugnant manner M16.