Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Revulsion

Revulsion , noun

[French révulsion, Latin revulsio, from revellere, revulsum, to pluck or pull away; pref. re- re- + vellere to pull. Compare Convulse.]

1.
A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
Revulsions and pullbacks. — SSir T. Brovne
2.
A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings.
A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in the Parliament and the country, followed. — Macaulay
3.
(Medicine) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation.