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Decertation :: Decertation (n.) Contest for mastery; contention; strife.

Firebrand :: Firebrand (n.) One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary..

Brigue :: Brigue (n.) A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel..

Contention :: Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for..

Concertation :: Concertation (n.) Strife; contention.

Bickerment :: Bickerment (n.) Contention.

Strived :: Strive (n.) Strife; contention.

Logomachy :: Logomachy (n.) Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words..

Tiff :: Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.

Word :: Word (n.) Verbal contention; dispute.

Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..

Debate :: Debate (v. t.) Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress..

Debatable :: Debatable (a.) Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question..

Dissension :: Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel..

Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.

Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.

Debatefully :: Debatefully (adv.) With contention.

Contention :: Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention..

Brawl :: Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl..

Outcast :: Outcast (n.) A quarrel; a contention.

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