Op`po*si"tion (?), n.
[F., fr. L. oppositio. See Opposite.]
1. The act
of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
The counterpoise of so great an opposition.
Shak.
Virtue which
breaks through all opposition.
Milton.
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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