Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contestation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contestation \Con`tes*ta"tion\, n. [L. contestatio testimony:
cf. F. contestation a contesting.]
1. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife;
dispute. ``Loverlike contestation.'' --Milton.
After years spent in domestic, unsociable
contestations, she found means to withdraw.
--Clarendon.
2. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. [Obs.]
A solemn contestation ratified on the part of God.
--Barrow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contestation
n : a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were
involved in a violent argument" [syn: {controversy}, {contention},
{tilt}, {argument}, {arguing}]
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