Definition of opposition

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Opposition (n.) That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power..

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Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand..
Acquiesce :: Acquiesce (v. i.) To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition..
Subcontraries :: Subcontrary (a.) Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false.
Oppositive :: Oppositive (a.) Capable of being put in opposition.
Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory..
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.
Forcible :: Forcible (a.) Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction..
Polemy :: Polemy (n.) Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition..
Alive :: Alive (a.) Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive..
High-spirited :: High-spirited (a.) Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.
Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Probabiliorist :: Probabiliorist (n.) One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man is bound to do that which is most probably right..
Antislavery :: Antislavery (n.) Opposition to slavery.
Reclamation :: Reclamation (n.) Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.
Contrary :: Contrary (a.) Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child..
Disputant :: Disputant (n.) One who disputes; one who argues // opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.
Adverseness :: Adverseness (n.) The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.
Counterview :: Counterview (n.) A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
Antimasonry :: Antimasonry (n.) Opposition to Freemasonry.
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