the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as repellency.
Word Usage
"For along with their genuine attractiveness was a repellence of equal proportion, a dichotomy borne from power's temptation to encourage inbreeding and fealty to the mythos writ upon the nation's psyche."