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obverse

noun as in opposite

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That love, though, was the obverse side of their hatred for Jews; one could not be without the other, because one enabled the other.

From Salon

A Commonwealth observer group was also in the country to obverse the coming elections, seen as a "significant step in the country's democratic governance", they added.

From BBC

The coin also features an image of the late Queen Elizabeth II on its obverse side, and a UH-1H helicopter on the reverse.

From BBC

They have local chapters in every state and work to build leaders and highlight candidates’ stands on gun legislation in elections — the obverse of the National Rifle Association’s grades for gun-friendly candidates.

He is a week or so shy of 77 and when viewed in profile, he looks like the portrait they’d use if they put Neil Young’s face on the obverse of the loonie.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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