Contradictories

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contradictory \Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, n.; pl. {Contradictories}.
     1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another;
        contrariety.
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              It is common with princes to will contradictories.


                                                    --Bacon.
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     2. pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed
        to each other both in quality and quantity.
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