01 n. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.
pl.
Hostilities ((#))
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1.
State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.“Hostility being thus suspended with France.” — Hayward.
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2.
An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. See hostilities See: hostilities“He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend.” — Crabb.
Syn.
Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression; contention; warfare.