An*tith"e*sis, {Antitheses}. [L., Gr.]

1. An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments
occurring in the same sentence.

2. The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.

3. Opposition; contrast.

4. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure.

5. “Give me liberty or give me death.”