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Noun: contestation  `kón-te'stey-shun
  1. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
    - controversy, contention, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing

Derived forms: contestations

See also: contest

Type of: conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute

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