English → Latin
“repel” in Latin
āmoveōto remove from, move, put, or take away; to withdraw, retire; to take away by stealth, steal, or snatchrecūsōto refuse, decline, reject; to protest, objectabnuōto say no, to nod in negation; to refuse, reject; to denydēprecorto avert or ward off by (earnest) prayer; deprecate; to pray for, intercede on behalf of, beseechprōpulsōto drive forward, propel; to drive back, ward off, repel or repulse, avert
The English word repel itself goes back to Latin pellō, through repellere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
repel
amovere (to turn away): recusare (to refuse): abnuere (to refuse courteously): deprecari (to pray to be excused from). To repel an accusation, culpam a se amovere; crimen diluere or criminationem dissolvere (to prove its falsity): crimen amoliri, propulsare (to disprove).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for repel?
- The usual Latin words for “repel” are āmoveō, recūsō, abnuō; also dēprecor, prōpulsō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.