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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..

Bickerment :: Bickerment (n.) Contention.

Strife :: Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.

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

Bateful :: Bateful (a.) Exciting contention; contentious.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.

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

Makebate :: Makebate (n.) One who excites contentions and quarrels.

Brunt :: Brunt (v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle..

Emulation :: Emulation (n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

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

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

Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

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