Definition of controversy

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

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Predestinarian :: Predestinarian (a.) Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy..
Oppose :: Oppose (v. i.) To make objection or opposition in 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..
Intricacy :: Intricacy (n.) The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot..
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..
Submissive :: Submission (n.) An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators.
Decision :: Decision (n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion..
Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.
Terminate :: Terminate (v. t.) To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy..
Controversy :: Controversy (n.) A suit in law or equity; a question of right.
Opponent :: Opponent (n.) One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it..
Faser :: Faser (n.) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy..
Composition :: Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement..
Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy..
Aggress :: Aggress (v. i.) To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
Controversial :: Controversial (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity..
Prolific :: Prolific (a.) Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons..
Determination :: Determination (n.) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy..
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