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Webster 1913 Edition

Enmity

En′mi-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Enmities
(#)
.
[OE.
enemyte
, fr.
enemy
: cf. F.
inimitié
, OF.
enemistié
. See
Enemy
, and cf.
Amity
.]
1.
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
No ground of
enmity
between us known.
Milton.
2.
A state of opposition; hostility.
Syn. – Rancor; hostility; hatred; aversion; antipathy; repugnance; animosity; ill will; malice; malevolence. See
Animosity
,
Rancor
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Enmity

EN'MITY

, n.
1.
The quality of being an enemy; the opposite of friendship; ill will; hatred; unfriendly dispositions; malevolence. It expresses more than aversion and less than malice,and differs from displeasure in denoting a fixed or rooted hatred, whereas displeasure is more transient.
I will put enmity between thee and the woman. Gen.3.
The carnal mind is enmity against God.Rom. 8.
2.
A state of opposition.
The friendship of the world is enmity with God. James 4.

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