Contention: alternatives and connections

The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

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The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.

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The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.

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A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

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The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

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To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wra…

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To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theolo…

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of Spar

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The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedienc…

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To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.

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To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.

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To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.

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of Argue

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Proof; evidence.

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The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…

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The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.

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Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

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Controversy; disputation; discussion.

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The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting…

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The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.

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A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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