Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disputation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disputation \Dis`pu*ta"tion\, n. [OE. desputeson, disputacion,
OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See
{Dispute}, v. i.]
1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in
opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy
in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some
fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.
2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in
opposition to each other on some question proposed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disputation
n : the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated
proposition (usually followed by a vote) [syn: {debate},
{public debate}]
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