Hostility
Pronunciation : Hos*til"i*ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L. hostilitas: cf. F. hostilit?.]
Definition : 1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. Hostility being thus suspended with France. Hayward.
2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have carried on even our hostilities with humanity. Atterbury. 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.
pl. Hostilities.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913