Instead changed the first to "repugnance" (8)

I believe the answer is:

distaste

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'repugnance' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for distaste that I've seen before include "Loathing" , "Mild horror" , "Mild dislike, aversion" , "Feeling of dislike - unsavoury?" , "Adverse reaction" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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