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Meaning of adversion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
  2. A turning towards; the act of paying attention.
    obsolete

Examples

“And if the eye / Of her adversion were fast fixt on high, / In midst of death 'twere no more fear or pain, / Then 'twas unto Elias to let flie”
“We have tested assertions of this kind, not as we should, by grounded and consecutive study of the whole document, but by momentary adversion to the passages specially attacked, with our minds full of the attack”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Adversities Adversity Advert advertainment advertecture Adverted

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