contrariety

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“And flowing north, too?” said Frank, whose 8 quick mind had seized upon that point of contrariety in Nature.

From The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition by Breckenridge, Gerald

Discord, dis′kord, n. opposite of concord: disagreement, strife: difference or contrariety of qualities: a combination of inharmonious sounds: uproarious noise.—v.i.

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

The nomination of Martin Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, was made with great unanimity and enthusiasm, though by a body composed of original elements of the most extreme contrariety.

From History of American Abolitionism by Fontaine, F. G. de

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

"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