CONTRARIETY, noun [Latin See Contrary.] 1. Opposition in fact, essence, quality or principle; repugnance. The expedition failed by means of a contrariety of winds. There is a contrariety in the nature of virtue and vice; of love and hatred; of truth and falsehood. Among men of the same profession, we find a contrariety of opinions. 2. Inconsistency; quality or position destructive of its opposite. How can these contrarieties agree.
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