The
act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat;
resistance.
The state of being placed over against;
situation so as to front something else.
Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment,
interest, or purpose; antipathy.
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.
The situation of a
heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens
directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or
satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180° -
- signified by the symbol (?); as, (?) ***Jupiter] ***Sun], opposition of
Jupiter to the sun.
The relation between two
propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ
in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions
which have the same matter but a different form.
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