Drawing from, pulling back; used of those muscles which pull back certain parts of the body, for separating, opening, or bending them. The abducent muscles, called abductors, are opposed to the adducent muscles or adductors.
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Repulsion Roget’s Thesaurus §289
N. # repulsion, driving from, repulse, abduction, magnetic repulsion, magnetic levitation, antigravity
V. repel, push from, drive apart, drive from, chase, dispel, retrude, abduce, abduct, send away, repulse, keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder, send off, send away with a flea in one's ear
Phr. like charges repel, opposite charges attract, like poles repel, opposite poles attract
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