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Definition of Opponent
Opponent

Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.

One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.

One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it.

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Opponent Quotations

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
Mohandas Gandhi

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
Ovid

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Baltasar Gracian

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.
George Orwell

I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.
Arnold Palmer

Opponent Translations

opponent in Dutch is tegenstander
opponent in French is contradicteur, adversaire, antagoniste
opponent in German is entgegengesetzt, Gegner
opponent in Italian is avversario
opponent in Latin is inimicus
opponent in Portuguese is oponente
opponent in Spanish is adversario, antagonista


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