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The counterpoise of so great an
opposition.

Virtue which breaks through all
opposition.

2. The state of being placed over against;
situation so as to front something else. Milton.

3. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment,
interest, or purpose; antipathy. Shak.

4. 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.

5. (Astron.) 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.

6. (Logic) 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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