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

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..

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

Contention :: Contention (n.) Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.

Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..

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..

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

Bellicose :: Bellicose (a.) Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.

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

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

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

Snarl :: Snarl (n.) The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

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

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..

Feud :: Feud (n.) A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed..

Debatefully :: Debatefully (adv.) With contention.

Polemy :: Polemy (n.) Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition..

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute..

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

Altercation :: Altercation (n.) Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.

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