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Disputant :: Disputant (v. i.) Disputing; engaged in controversy.

Controvertist :: Controvertist (n.) One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.

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

Engage :: Engage (v. i.) To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy..

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

Controversion :: Controversion (n.) Act of controverting; controversy.

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

Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged entitled to it. It may be voluntary or involuntary..

Disceptation :: Disceptation (n.) Controversy; disputation; discussion.

Position :: Position (n.) Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position..

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

Consistorian :: Consistorian (a.) Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.

Arbitrator :: Arbitrator (n.) A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration..

Polemics :: Polemics (n.) The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy..

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

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

Predestinarian :: Predestinarian (a.) Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy..

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

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

Arbitration :: Arbitration (n.) The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties..

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