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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aggression \Ag*gres"sion\, n. [L. aggressio, fr aggredi: cf F.
agression.]
The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of
injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy;
unprovoked attack; assault; as a war of aggression.
``Aggressions of power.'' --Hallam
Syn: Attack; offense; intrusion; provocation.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
aggression
n 1: a disposition to behave aggressively
2: a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack [syn:
{aggressiveness}]
3: violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked [syn:
{hostility}]
4: the act of initiating hostilities
5: deliberately unfriendly behavior
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