contrariety

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Adversative, ad-vėrs′a-tiv, adj. denoting opposition, contrariety, or variety.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The whole force of the contrast and contrariety between the Colossian Christians’ past and present lies in that emphatic “now.”

From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander

By a singular contrariety, the most obscure interval in our hero's life was that wherein he acquired the greatest renown.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'

"That a contrariety to moral rectitude was consequently infinitely displeasing to God and infinitely evil."

From Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion by Allen, Ethan