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Definition of: repugnant
(ri·pug′nənt) adjective
1. Offensive to taste or feeling; exciting aversion or repulsion.
2. Being inconsistent or opposed; antagonistic.
3. Law Contrary to or in conflict with something else in the same or in another document or statute.
4. Hostile; rebellious; resisting. See synonyms under INCONGRUOUS, INIMICAL. [<OF <L repugnans, -antis, ppr. of repugnare. See REPUGN.]
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