Contestation

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  • n. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
  • n. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
  • n. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of contesting or striving to gain or overcome; contest; emulation, competition, or rivalry.
  • n. . Strife; dispute.
  • n. Joint testimony; proof by witnesses; attestation.
  • n. In the Gallican liturgies, the Vere Dignum, or clause beginning “It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty,” at the beginning of the eucharistic preface; in a wider sense, the whole preface.
  • n. Same as contention, 5.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    difference    dispute    conflict    difference of opinion   
    Hyponym
    fight    argle-bargle    polemic    sparring    argy-bargy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    emulation    rivalry    strife    dispute    attestation   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Lindsey   
     
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