contestation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
    contention; arguing; tilt; argument; controversy; disputation; disceptation.
    • they were involved in a violent argument

WordNet

Con`tes*ta"tion noun
Etymology
L. contestatio testimony: cf. F. contestation a contesting.
Definitions
  1. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute. "Loverlike contestation." 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.

Webster 1913