opposition
n 1: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or
disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of
resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from
the newspapers he went ahead" [syn: {resistance}]
2: the relation between opposed entities [syn: {oppositeness}]
3: the act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the
government was not ready for a confrontation with the
unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn:
{confrontation}]
4: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: {opponent},
{opposite}]
5: a body of people united in opposing something
6: a direction opposite to another
7: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing
military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his
enemies" [syn: {enemy}, {foe}, {foeman}, {opponent}]