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Debatement :: Debatement (n.) Controversy; deliberation; debate.

Closure :: Closure (v. t.) A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding.

Conclusive :: Conclusive (a.) Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision..

Misstate :: Misstate (v. t.) To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate..

Debatefully :: Debatefully (adv.) With contention.

Litigate :: Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause..

Congressional :: Congressional (a.) Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates..

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

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate..

Debate :: Debate (v. i.) To engage in strife or combat; to fight.

Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To examine by discussion; to debate.

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

Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

Argumentation :: Argumentation (n.) Debate; discussion.

Debate :: Debate (v. t.) Subject of discussion.

Parry :: Parry (n.) A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter..

Minute :: Minute (n.) The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate..

Palaver :: Palaver (n.) In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate..

Participate :: Participate (v. i.) To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate in a debate..

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