contrariety

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What had been done to him, those acquainted with the art of renovation could alone tell; but here was a contrariety without going far to find it.

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

The cause was attributed to contrarietie of winds; but the contrariety of wils was the truest impediment.

From The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by Hayward, John

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

From this conflict between thought and fact the problem arises; out of this partial contrariety springs the question, "Why?"

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

"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