n. (also repugnancy) 1 (usu. foll. by to, against) antipathy; aversion. 2 (usu. foll. by of, between, to, with) inconsistency or incompatibility of ideas, statements, etc.
[ ME (in sense 2) f. F répugnance or L repugnantia f. repugnare oppose (as RE-, pugnare fight) ]