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Strived :: Strive (n.) Strife; contention.

Bickerment :: Bickerment (n.) Contention.

Contest :: Contest (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with..

Outcast :: Outcast (n.) A quarrel; a contention.

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute..

Debateful :: Debateful (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.

Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.

Brunt :: Brunt (v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle..

Brawl :: Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl..

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..

Strife :: Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.

Decertation :: Decertation (n.) Contest for mastery; contention; strife.

Concertation :: Concertation (n.) Strife; contention.

Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.

Word :: Word (n.) Verbal contention; dispute.

Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.

Logomachy :: Logomachy (n.) Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words..

Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..

Contention :: Contention (n.) Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.

Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes..

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