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Webster 1913 Edition

Contrariety

Conˊtra-ri′e-ty

Noun.
;
pl.
Contrarieties
(#)
.
[L.
contrarietas
: cf. F.
contrariété
.]
1.
The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.
There is a
contrariety
between those things that conscience inclines to, and those that entertain the senses.
South.
2.
Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency.
Syn. – Inconsistency; discrepancy; repugnance.

Webster 1828 Edition

Contrariety

CONTRARIETY

,
Noun.
[L. See Contrary.]
1.
Opposition in fact, essence, quality or principle; repugnance. The expedition failed by means of a contrariety of winds. There is a contrariety in the nature of virtue and vice; of love and hatred; of truth and falsehood. Among men of the same profession, we find a contrariety of opinions.
2.
Inconsistency; quality or position destructive of its opposite.
How can these contrarieties agree.

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