Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confrontation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confrontation \Con`fron*ta"tion\, n. [LL. confrontatio.]
Act of confrontating. --H.Swinburne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
confrontation
n 1: a bold challenge
2: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: {encounter}, {showdown}]
3: the act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the
government was not ready for a confrontation with the
unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn:
{opposition}]
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