aversionn.[L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See Avert.]1. A turning away.()Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. (Bp. Atterbury.)2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.()Mutual aversion of races. (Prescott.)His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. (Macaulay.)()A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection. (Addison.)His aversion towards the house of York. (Bacon.)It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an aversion for him. (Spectator.)The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk. (J. D. Hooker.)3. The object of dislike or repugnance.()Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. (Pope.)()