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Webster 1913 Edition
Disputation
Disˊpu-ta′tion
,Noun.
[OE. ]
desputeson
, disputacion
, OF. desputeison
, F. disputation
, fr. L. disputatio
. See Dispute
, Verb.
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.
2.
A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disputation
DISPUTATION
,Noun.
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.
An exercise in colleges, in which parties reason in opposition to each other, on some question proposed.Definition 2024
disputation
disputation
English
Noun
disputation (plural disputations)
- 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.
- A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:dispute