• Contradistinct

    Origin

    - + contra + distinct

    Full definition of contradistinct

    Adjective

    contradistinct

    1. Distinguished by opposite qualities.
      • When we speak of the judgment of charity, we intend not a loose conjecture, much less a judgment contradistinct from that which is righteous, but a righteous and strict judgment, according to the exactest rules whatsoever that we have to judge by, free from evil surmises, and such like vices of the mind as are opposed to the grace of love.

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