averseness

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Since Vietnam all media organizations had imbibed the conventional wisdom about the public’s apparent averseness to casualties.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2014

But notwithstanding the averseness of the intended bridegroom, the project was not at once renounced; and Rupert's last letter to Sophie, written shortly before his death, contained definite proposals on the subject.

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva

They are united with the most decided preference for certain opinions and the most earnest averseness to others.

From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various

But the averseness of people to enlarge their field of experience and the wilful misrepresentation of designing persons know no bounds.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

Your averseness to her plan gives me pleasure, for it exactly corresponds with my own.

From Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Burney, Fanny