<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to drive back; repel</li><li>to repulse an assailant</li><li>to repel with denial, discourtesy, or the like; refuse or reject</li><li>to cause feelings of repulsion in</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of repelling</li><li>the fact of being repelled, as in hostile encounter</li><li>a refusal or rejection</li></ul>