Definition of opposition

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Opposition (n.) Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy..

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Contrast :: Contrast (n.) The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities..
Opposal :: Opposal (n.) Opposition.
War :: War (n.) a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility..
Restive :: Restive (a.) Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory..
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.
Insurgent :: Insurgent (a.) Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious..
Contra :: Contra () A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref..
Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural..
Tolerable :: Tolerable (a.) Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation..
Antarchism :: Antarchism (n.) Opposition to government in general.
Match :: Match (v. t.) To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal..
Contrast :: Contrast (v. t.) To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object..
Parliamentarian :: Parliamentarian (n.) One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I..
Object :: Object (v. t.) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
Caveat :: Caveat (n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc..
Impugnation :: Impugnation (n.) Act of impugning; opposition; attack.
To :: To (prep.) Apposition; connection; antithesis; opposition; as, they engaged hand to hand..
Artificial :: Artificial (a.) Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
Authentic :: Authentic (n.) Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register..
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