Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-PUG'NANCE, or RE-PUG'NAN-CY, n. [Fr. repugnance; It. ripugnanza; L. repugnantia, from repugno, to resist; re and pugno, to fight.]

1. Opposition of mind; reluctance; unwillingness. – Shak. Dryden.
2. Opposition or struggle of passions; resistance. – South.
3. Opposition of principles or qualities; inconsistency; contrariety. But where difference is without repugnancy, that which hath been can be no prejudice to that which is. – Hooker.