Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EN'MI-TY, n. [Fr. inimitié; in and amitié, friendship, amity. See Enemy.]

1. The quality of being an enemy; the opposite of friendship; ill will; hatred; unfriendly dispositions; malevolence. It expresses more than aversion and less than malice, and differs from displeasure in denoting a fixed or rooted hatred, whereas displeasure is more transient. I will put enmity between thee and the woman. Gen. iii. The carnal mind is enmity against God. Rom. viii.
2. A state of opposition. The friendship of the world is enmity with God. James iv.