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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Contrariety \Con`tra*ri"e*ty\n.; pl {Contrarieties}. [L. contrarietas: cf F. contrari['e]t['e].] 1. The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism. There is a contrariety between those things that conscience inclines to and those that entertain the senses --South. 2. Something which is contrary to or inconsistent with something else; an inconsistency. How can these contrarieties agree? --Shak. Syn: Inconsistency; discrepancy; repugnance.
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