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The state of being hostile.uncountable
- My resentment and anger towards you caused hostility and a division between us.
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A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.countable
- As the revivals died down in the 1740s, the revivalist camp made concessions to their opponents, admonished prorevivalists who continued with the hostilities, and generally sought to heal divisions.
ant. amity · friendliness · peace