averseness
Example Sentences
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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
Even the union of that noble person, who had been considered as his majesty's favourite minister, did not appear to be enough to subdue the averseness.
From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William
This lenient treatment of the conspirators was quite characteristic of the later disposition of Nasr-ed-Din Shah, and his averseness to judicial severity.
From Persia Revisited by Gordon, Thomas Edward
They had but one drawback, the continued averseness of lord Thomas Villiers.
From Damon and Delia A Tale by Godwin, William
We have never been able to account for this strange averseness to the consideration of this phase of the matrimonial question, and the determined effort often made to ignore it whenever it is broached.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey
