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Dictionary Results for contestation:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
contestation
    n 1: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong
         disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
         [syn: controversy, contention, contestation,
         disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument,
         arguing]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Contestation \Con`tes*ta"tion\, n. [L. contestatio testimony:
   cf. F. contestation a contesting.]
   1. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife;
      dispute. "Loverlike contestation." --Milton.
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            After years spent in domestic, unsociable
            contestations, she found means to withdraw.
                                                  --Clarendon.
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   2. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. [Obs.]
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            A solemn contestation ratified on the part of God.
                                                  --Barrow.
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