Definition of contention

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Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention..

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Debatefully :: Debatefully (adv.) With contention.
Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.
Chest :: Chest (n.) Strife; contention; controversy.
Brigue :: Brigue (n.) A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel..
Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..
Embroil :: Embroil (v. t.) To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.
Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Contention :: Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention..
Bate :: Bate (n.) Strife; contention.
Contest :: Contest (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with..
Firebrand :: Firebrand (n.) One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary..
Concertation :: Concertation (n.) Strife; contention.
Word :: Word (n.) Verbal contention; dispute.
Dissension :: Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel..
Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..
Outcast :: Outcast (n.) A quarrel; a contention.
Tiff :: Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.
Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.
Contek :: Contek (n.) Quarrel; contention; contest.
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention..
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