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Definition of Averseness
1. n. The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
Definition of Averseness
1. Noun. The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness. ¹
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Definition of Averseness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Averseness
Literary usage of Averseness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"If pious young persons do not patiently bear with any averseness in a parent or
a friend from that serious spirit which they themselves have been happily ..."
2. The Nicholas Papers: Correspondence of Sir Edward Nicholas by Sir Edward Nicholas (1886)
"Besides I have, I assure you, as great an averseness to Presbytery and the ways
and counsels of the Louvre as they deserve. ..."
3. The New York Teacher, and the American Educational Monthly (1871)
"EDITOR,—The little article on "Averseness to Learning Trades," in your monthly
for April, is worthy of consideration. The well-known scarcity of skilled ..."
4. The Wentworth Papers, 1705-1739: Selected from the Private and Family by Earl of Thomas Wentworth Strafford (1883)
"He hath been long intriguing for that government, tho' he pretends an averseness
to it, and at some time or other will certainly have it. ..."
5. Human Nature in Its Fourfold State: Of Primitive Integrity, Entire by Thomas Boston (1811)
"Secondly, There is in the unrenewed will an averseness to good. Sin is the natural
man's element; he is loath to "part with it, as the fish.es are to come ..."
6. A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of st. Peter by Robert Leighton (1849)
"When we find heavy fetters on our souls, and much weakness, yea averseness to
follow the voice of God calling us to His obedience, then let us pray with the ..."
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