hostility

noun

Etymology: From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin hostīlitās. By surface analysis, hostile + -ity.

1. The state of being hostile.

   “My resentment and anger towards you caused hostility and a division between us.”

   “There is no hostilitie so excellent, as that which is absolutely Christian.”

2. A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

   “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.”