OPPOSI'TION, n. L. oppositio.

1. Situation so as to front something else a standing over against as the opposition of two mountains or buildings.
2. The act of opposing attempt to check, restrain or defeat. he makes opposition to the measure the bill passed without opposition. Will any opposition be made to the suit, to the claim or demand?
3. Obstacle. the river meets with no opposition in its course to the ocean.
4. Resistance as the opposition of enemies. Virtue will break through all opposition.
5. Contrariety repugnance in principle as the opposition of the heart to the laws of God.
6. Contrariety of interests, measures on designs. The two parties are in opposition to each other.
7. Contrariety or diversity of meaning as one term used in opposition to another.
8. Contradiction inconsistency.
9. The collective body of opposers in England, the party in Parliament which opposed the ministry in America, the party that opposed the existing administration.
10. In astronomy, the situation of two heavenly bodies, when distant from each other 180 degrees.