Confrontation: alternatives and connections

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 con…

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The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.

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The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

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Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied…

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Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisio…

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The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.

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To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

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To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

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To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…

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The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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