From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in
opposition to each other on some question proposed.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disputation
n 1: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the
opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn:
{debate}, {disputation}, {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},
{disputation}, {disceptation}, {tilt}, {argument}, {arguing}]
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Disputation /dispuːtatsiːoːn/
disputation
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