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Definition
dislike that leads to avoidance
- It had first given rise to his aversion.Book 5 — Pro And Contra (79% in)
- In the crowd in the dead man's cell he noticed with inward aversion (for which he immediately reproached himself) the presence of Rakitin and of the monk from Obdorsk, who was still staying in the monastery.Book 7 — Alyosha (4% in)
- But she refused him resolutely, feeling that to accept him would be an act of treachery to her son, though Dardanelov had, to judge from certain mysterious symptoms, reason for believing that he was not an object of aversion to the charming but too chaste and tender-hearted widow.Book 10 — The Boys (7% in)
- Such gentlemen of accommodating temper and dependent position, who can tell a story, take a hand at cards, and who have a distinct aversion for any duties that may be forced upon them, are usually solitary creatures, either bachelors or widowers.Book 11 — Ivan (78% in)
There are no more uses of "aversion" in The Brothers Karamazov.
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