contraˈversion rare—1.
[ad. L. type contrāversiōn-em, n. of action f. contrāversus: see contraverse.]
A turning in the opposite direction.
| a 1729 Congreve Disc. Pindaric Ode Wks. 1753 III. 341 The second stanza was called the antistrophe, from the contraversion of the chorus; the singers, in performing that, turning from the left hand to the right contrary always to their motion in the strophe. |