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Controversy :: Controversy (n.) A suit in law or equity; a question of right.

Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy..

Accord :: Accord (v. t.) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit..

Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.

Umpire :: Umpire (n.) A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed..

Sequester :: Sequester (n.) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee.

Argument :: Argument (n.) A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation..

Judge :: "Judge (v. t.) To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties..

Submit :: Submit (v. t.) To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object..

Disagree :: Disagree (v. i.) To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.

Decisive :: Decisive (a.) Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

Syncretistic :: Syncretist (n.) an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church..

Quinquarticular :: Quinquarticular (a.) Relating to the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists..

Polemic :: Polemic (n.) A polemic argument or controversy.

Part :: Part (n.) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause..

Controversial :: Controversial (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity..

Difficulty :: Difficulty (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.

Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

Disputation :: Disputation (v. i.) 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..

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