Nouns starting with C

• contrariety — Noun – English ～ the relation between contraries
• contrariness — Noun – English ～ a fussy and eccentric disposition
• contrariness — Noun – English ～ deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
• contrary — Noun – English ～ a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
• contrary — Noun – English ～ a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
• contrary — Noun – English ～ exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty"
• contras — Noun – English ～ a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States
• contrast — Noun – English ～ the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
• contrast — Noun – English ～ the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to"; "by contrast"
• contrast — Noun – English ～ the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
• contrast — Noun – English ～ the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
• contrast — Noun – English ～ a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
• contravention — Noun – English ～ coming into conflict with
• contredanse — Noun – English ～ a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
• contretemps — Noun – English ～ an awkward clash; "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman"
• contribution — Noun – English ～ the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result; "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work"
• contribution — Noun – English ～ a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
• contribution — Noun – English ～ an amount of money contributed; "he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest"
• contribution — Noun – English ～ act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity
• contribution — Noun – English ～ a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story

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