contrariety

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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

Where different principles beget a contrariety of conduct, which is the case with all different political principles, the matter may be more easily explained.

From Essays by Hume, David

Far we need not go, to see What makes a contrariety.

From Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours by Bunbury, William Henry

The contrariety is more apparent than real, as the operation consists in the removal of the coarser roots, a process which results in the development of a mass of fine feeding roots.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

"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