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- Opposition - n. - The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
- Opposition - n. - The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
- Opposition - n. - Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
- 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.
- Opposition - 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 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
- Opposition - 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.
- Oppositionist - n. - One who belongs to the opposition party.
- Friend - n. - One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.
- 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.
- Holohedral - a. - Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral.
- Rabbinist - n. - One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected the traditions.
- Fight - v. i. - To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
- Ad valorem - - A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.
- Adverse - a. - In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
- War - n. - a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility.
- Polemic - n. - One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
- Against - prep. - In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time.
- Contrast - n. - The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities.
- 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.
- Hind - a. - In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.
- Off - adv. - Denoting opposition or negation.
- Oppositionist - n. - One who belongs to the opposition party.
- Whereas - conj. - When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; although; -- implying opposition to something that precedes; or implying recognition of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something consequent.
- Counterwork - v. t. - To work in opposition to; to counteract.
- Faction - n. - A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.
- Offer - v. t. - To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.
- 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.
- Contraremonstrant - n. - One who remonstrates in opposition or answer to a remonstrant.
- Forcible - a. - Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction.
- Rencounter - n. - A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement.
- Probabiliorist - n. - One who holds, in opposition to the probabilists, that a man is bound to do that which is most probably right.
- Cenobite - n. - One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.
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- G2189 ἔχθρα - 2189 ἔχθρα - ἜΧΘΡΑ - - échthra - ekh'-thrah - feminine of ἐχθρός; hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition:--enmity, hatred. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G477 ἀντίθεσις - 477 ἀντίθεσις - ἈΝΤΊΘΕΣΙΣ - - antíthesis - an-tith'-es-is - from a compound of ἀντί and τίθημι; opposition, i.e. a conflict (of theories):--opposition. - Noun Feminine - greek
- H2617 חֵסֵד - 2617 חֵסֵד - חֵסֵד - - chêçêd - kheh'-sed - from חָסַד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G2596 κατά - 2596 κατά - ΚΑΤΆ - - katá - kat-ah' - a primary particle; (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined):--about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) X alone, among, and, X apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), X aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, X more excellent, for, from … to, godly, in(-asmuch, divers, every, -to, respect of), … by, after the manner of, + by any means, beyond (out of) measure, X mightily, more, X natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) X own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), X uttermost, where(-by), with. In composition it retains many of these applications, and frequently denotes opposition, distribution, or intensity. - Preposition - greek
- H7855 שִׂטְנָה - 7855 שִׂטְנָה - שִׂטְנָה - - siṭnâh - sit-naw' - from שָׂטַן; opposition (by letter); accusation. - Noun Feminine - heb
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- 1 Timothy 54 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
Ὦ ΤΙΜΌΘΕΟΣ ΦΥΛΆΣΣΩ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΑΘΉΚΗ ἘΚΤΡΈΠΩ ΒΈΒΗΛΟΣ ΚΕΝΟΦΩΝΊΑ ΚΑΊ ἈΝΤΊΘΕΣΙΣ ΓΝῶΣΙΣ ΨΕΥΔΏΝΥΜΟΣ