n. The state or quality of being adverse, or opposed to.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Opposition; repugnance.
n. Adversity; unprosperousness: as, adverseness of circumstances.
Word Usage
"Back from the mid 70s on, there has been a certain culture of risk - adverseness to some extent in the CIA that was more or less started by the Church-Pike hearings, and I think Porter wants to turn that around."