ANTITHESIS, contrast, or opposition of words or sentiments; as,
——— Though gentle, yet not dull;
Strong, without rage; without overflowing, full.
ANTITHESIS is sometimes used for controversy. In this sense, we meet with antithetic method, antithetic discourses, &c. Marcion composed a volume of Antitheses, or contrarities and oppositions between the law and the gospel.