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A monarch in state you reportedly banished? Just the opposite (8)

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contrary

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'the opposite' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for contrary that I've seen before include "Exact opposition" , "Opposed or perverse" , "Opposite, perverse" , "Quite like Mary" , "Carry out (command)" .)

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