hostility

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Strong unfriendliness or opposition towards someone or something.

   There was open hostility between the two political parties.

2. 2
   noun

   Acts of war or fighting between opposing sides.

   Both nations agreed to end hostilities and begin peace talks.

From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin hostīlitās. By surface analysis, hostile + -ity.

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