contestation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: contestation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for contestation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contestation n a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" Synonym(s): controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contestation \Con`testa"tion\, n. [L. contestatio testimony: cf. F. contestation* a contesting.] 1. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute. [bd]Loverlike contestation.[b8] --Milton. After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. --Clarendon. 2. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. [Obs.] A solemn contestation ratified on the part of God. --Barrow.