Definition:
- (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
- (n.) The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
- (n.) Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
- (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.
- (n.) 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 180ยก; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
- (n.) 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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countermine vs. opposition
counterorder vs. opposition
counterplot vs. opposition
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counterview vs. opposition
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antigovernment vs. opposition
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gainstanding vs. opposition
conjunction vs. opposition
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confrontation vs. opposition
contrast vs. opposition
affliction vs. opposition
dilemma vs. opposition
opposition vs. tirade
defiance vs. opposition
opposition vs. resistance
obluctation vs. opposition
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opposition vs. oppugnancy
opposition vs. sledging
opposition vs. recusancy
diametrically vs. opposition
antagonism vs. opposition
obscurantism vs. opposition
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deadlock vs. opposition
counterbalance vs. opposition
opposition vs. perseverance
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insurrection vs. opposition
intolerant vs. opposition
impedance vs. opposition
antipapal vs. opposition
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counter vs. opposition
acrimony vs. opposition
defiant vs. opposition
objection vs. opposition
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counteract vs. opposition
enmity vs. opposition
disputation vs. opposition
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kite vs. opposition
aversion vs. opposition
averseness vs. opposition
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antipathy vs. opposition
animosity vs. opposition
apposition vs. opposition
king vs. opposition
opposition vs. patent
opposition vs. trademark
opposition vs. proceeding
opposition vs. registration
opposition vs. power
government vs. opposition
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opposition vs. party
competition vs. opposition
opposition vs. political
opponent vs. opposition
contrasting vs. opposition
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conflict vs. opposition
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opposition vs. swing
against vs. opposition
opposition vs. stand
consent vs. opposition