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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Contrariety \Con'tra*ri"e*ty\n.; pl. {Contrarieties}. [L. contrarietas: cf. F. contrari['e]t['e].]

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.

How can these contrarieties agree? --Shak.

Syn: Inconsistency; discrepancy; repugnance.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

contrariety

noun

1: the relation between contraries

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

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