opposition

opposition (http://definr.com/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, opponent]