Waywardness; contrariness. Obsolete. rare.

Contrary or antagonistic quality; opposition, antagonism; contrariety.

Opposition of one thing to another in nature, quality, or action; diametrical difference, repugnancy, contrariness.

The state or condition of being contrary; opposed nature, opposition.

Opposition, antagonism, contrariety; self-willed perversity.

Opposition or incompatibility between or of things; an instance of this. Now historical.

Contrary or adverse action; also = contrariancy, n.

gen. A state of contrast or antithesis; the action of comparing or contrasting one thing to another; †a contrary or opposite quality or state (obs…

A placing over against; antithesis, opposition, contrast. in contraposition to (or with).

antithesis.

Opposition, contraposition, n. Obsolete.

Contrariety of feeling, disposition, or nature (between persons or things); natural contrariety or incompatibility. The opposite of sympathy. Obs.

An inverse relation or correspondence.

Opposition; hindrance, impediment; defeating, frustration.

Contrary or adverse quality; contrariety.

By extension: Direct or striking opposition of character or functions (between two things); contrast. Const. of, between (with obs.).

Comparison of objects of like kind whereby the difference of their qualities or characteristics is strikingly brought out; manifest exhibition…

contrastive quality.