Opposition /(?)/

Op·po·si·tion

Opposition

n.
  1. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
    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.
  3. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
  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. 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. (Astron.)
  6. 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. (Logic)