disputation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disputation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for disputation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disputation n the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) Synonym(s): debate, disputation, public debate 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]:
Disputation \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.