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Webster 1913 Edition


Contradistinct

Conˊtra-dis-tinct′

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Adj.
Distinguished by opposite qualities.
J. Goodwin.

Webster 1828 Edition


Contradistinct

CONTRADISTINCT

,
Adj.
Distinguished by opposite qualities.

Definition 2024


contradistinct

contradistinct

English

Adjective

contradistinct (comparative more contradistinct, superlative most contradistinct)

  1. Distinguished by opposite qualities.
    • Goodwin
      When we speak of the judgment of charity, we intend not a loose conjecture, much less a judgment contradistinct from that which is righteous, but a righteous and strict judgment, according to the exactest rules whatsoever that we have to judge by, free from evil surmises, and such like vices of the mind as are opposed to the grace of love.