opposition
     n 1: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or
          disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of
          resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from
          the newspapers he went ahead" [syn: {resistance}]
     2: the relation between opposed entities [syn: {oppositeness}]
     3: the act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the
        government was not ready for a confrontation with the
        unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn:
         {confrontation}]
     4: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: {opponent},
        {opposite}]
     5: a body of people united in opposing something
     6: a direction opposite to another
     7: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing
        military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his
        enemies" [syn: {enemy}, {foe}, {foeman}]
     8: a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared
        to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"
Source: WordNet® 2.0