The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
The two politicians are in opposition to the bill.
The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositiō, translating Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of cla...
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