contredanse, n.f., quadrille.

contre-déclaration, n.f., (—-—s) counter-declaration.

contre-dégagement, n.m., (—-—s) (fenc.) double.

contre-dégager, v.n.a., (fenc.) to double.

contre-digue, n.f., (—-—s) embankment, dike (for the strengthening of another).

contredire, v.a., to contradict, to gainsay; to be inconsistent with; (jur.) to confute, to disprove, to answer; (hunt.) to reclaim.

se contredire, v.r., to contradict oneself, to contradict one another; to be inconsistent with, to be contradictory to.

contredisant, -e, adj., contradicting.

contredisant, n.m., respondent, contradictor.

contredit, n.m., answer, reply, contradiction; (jur.) objection, rejoinder. Cela est sans —; that is beyond all dispute. Sans —; incontestably, safely, beyond a doubt. On peut dire sans crainte d’être —; it may safely be pronounced (Macaulay).