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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disputation \Dis'pu*ta"tion\, noun [OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See {Dispute}, verb (used without an object)]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disputation
noun
1: the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote) [syn: {debate}, {public debate}]
2: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" [syn: {controversy}, {contention}, {contestation}, {disceptation}, {tilt}, {argument}, {arguing}]
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