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Controvert :: Controvert (v. t.) To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

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

Dissenter :: Dissenter (n.) One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist..

Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.

Clincher :: Clincher (n.) That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert..

Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation..

Jar :: Jar (v. i.) To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.

Fine :: Fine (n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct..

Squabble :: Squabble (v. i.) To debate peevishly; to dispute.

Arbitrate :: Arbitrate (v. t.) To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case..

Umpire :: Umpire (v. t.) To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute..

Cave :: Cave (v. i.) To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter..

Flare-up :: Flare-up (n.) A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.

Contestation :: Contestation (n.) The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.

Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.

Estoppel :: Estoppel (n.) The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable..

Retirade :: Retirade (n.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle..

Wrangler :: Wrangler (n.) An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness.

Oblocutor :: Oblocutor (n.) A disputer; a gainsayer.

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