different between disapprobation vs repugnance

English

Etymology

dis- +? approbation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?æp???be???n/

Noun

disapprobation (countable and uncountable, plural disapprobations)

1. An act or expression of condemnation or disapproval, especially on moral grounds.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book 13, Chapter 6,^[1]

     Though a gentle sigh, which stole from the bosom of Nancy, seemed to argue some secret disapprobation of these sentiments, she did not dare openly to oppose them.

   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 22,^[2]

     Elizabeth would wonder, and probably would blame her; and though her resolution was not to be shaken, her feelings must be hurt by such disapprobation.

   • 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Chapter IV,^[3]

     And not only these acts, but the dispositions which lead to them, are properly immoral, and fit subjects of disapprobation which may rise to abhorrence.

   • 1921, D. H. Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia, Chapter I,^[4]

     No one seems to think so, however. Yet they view my arrival with a knapsack on my back with cold disapprobation, as unseemly as if I had arrived riding on a pig. I ought to be in a carriage, and the knapsack ought to be a new suitcase.

Antonyms

• approbation

Related terms

• disapproval
• disapprove

Translations

Further reading

• disapprobation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disapprobation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disapprobation at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Old French repugnance (French répugnance).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p??n?ns/

Noun

repugnance (countable and uncountable, plural repugnances)

1. Extreme aversion, repulsion.
2. Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.
   • 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)

     Discourses vain, inconsistant, and full of repugnances and contradictions.

See also

• repugnancy