Opposal

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    opposition archaic, countable, uncountable

    "a. 1682, Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet, Memoirs of the Last Two Years of the Reign of King Charles, published 1702. for some Weeks there was no Prohibition, any that were desirous to see his Majesty might without Opposal..."

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"a. 1682, Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet, Memoirs of the Last Two Years of the Reign of King Charles, published 1702. for some Weeks there was no Prohibition, any that were desirous to see his Majesty might without Opposal..."

Etymology

From oppose + -al.

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