aversation

noun

plural -s

1

obsolete : an act of turning away : estrangement

2

archaic : aversion

Word History

Etymology

Latin aversation-, aversatio, from aversatus (past participle of aversari to turn away, from aversus) + -ion-, -io -ion

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