About The Word Disputation

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Disputation to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Disputation definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Disputation

Disputation Meaning & Definition
Disputation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disputation?

[n] a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
[n] the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disputation: arguing | argument | contention | contestation | controversy | debate | public debate | tilt

Related Terms | Find terms related to Disputation:

See Also | argle-bargle | argy-bargy | conflict | difference | difference of opinion | dispute | oral presentation | polemic | public speaking | sparring | speaking | speechmaking

Disputation In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis`pu*ta"tion\, n. [OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See {Dispute}, v. i.] 1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument. 2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Unarbitrary ‐ not subject to individual…
  • Kibbutz ‐ (Israel) a collective farm owned by its members; children are…
  • Bloke ‐ (informal) a man who is (usually) old and/or…
  • Genus rudbeckia ‐ North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower…
  • Twenty-eighth ‐ coming next after the twenty-seventh…
  • Vegetarian ‐ eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat…
  • Fanwort ‐ common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating…
  • Chain gang ‐ a gang of convicts…
  • Cope with ‐ satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my…
  • Cell doctrine ‐ (biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural…