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Meaning of opposition

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  opposition
      n 1: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or
           disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of
           resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from
           the newspapers he went ahead" [syn: {resistance},
           {opposition}]
      2: the relation between opposed entities [syn: {opposition},
         {oppositeness}]
      3: the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the
         government was not ready for a confrontation with the
         unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn:
         {confrontation}, {opposition}]
      4: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: {opposition},
         {opponent}, {opposite}]
      5: a body of people united in opposing something
      6: a direction opposite to another
      7: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing
         military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his
         enemies" [syn: {enemy}, {foe}, {foeman}, {opposition}]
      8: the major political party opposed to the party in office and
         prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal
         opposition"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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