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A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn. Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it is not so. Shak. The future can not contradict the past. Wordsworth.

Capable of being contradicting.

one who contradicts. Swift.

An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying. His fair demands Shall be accomplished without contradiction. Shak.

Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing. [R.] Milton.

Filled with contradictions; inconsistent. [Obs.]

Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv..

A contradicter.

In a contradictory manner. Sharp.

The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency. J. Whitaker.

Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent. "Contradictory assertions." South.

Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.

Distinction by contrast. That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. South.

having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast. -- Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive, n.

To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.

The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.

A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it. Coxe.

Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties. [Obs.] Mede.

Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode of treatment is not to be followed. Burke.