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Contestation

noun

A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt.

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"Contestation" Quotes from Famous Books

... to inquire into the alleged electoral frauds. By the advice of Everard and others of their leaders, a compromise was effected with the Castle party; members returned for boroughs incorporated after the writs were issued were declared excluded, the contestation of seats on other grounds of irregularity were withdrawn, and the House accordingly proceeded to the business for which they were called together. The chief acts of the sessions of 1614, '15, and '16, beside the grant of four entire subsidies ...

— A Popular History of Ireland - From the earliest period to the emancipation of the Catholics • Thomas D'Arcy McGee

... Commons' Journals, March 28. April 1. 1689; Paris Gazette, April 23. Part of the passage in the Paris Gazette is worth quoting. "Il y eut, ce jour le (March 28), une grande contestation dans la Chambre Basse, sur la proposition qui fut faite de remettre les seences apres les fetes de Pasques observees toujours par l'Eglise Anglicane. Les Protestans conformistes furent de cet avis; et les Presbyterians emporterent a la pluralite des voix ...

— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 3 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

Words linked to "Contestation" : sparring, argy-bargy, difference of opinion, firestorm, difference, controversy, disceptation, polemic, contest, dispute, conflict, argle-bargle, fight