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Webster 1913 Edition

Confrontation

Conˊfron-ta′tion

,

Noun.

[LL.

confrontatio

.]

Act of confronting.

H. Swinburne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Confrontation

CONFRONTATION

,

Noun.

The act of bringing two persons into the presence of each other for examination and discovery of truth.

Definition 2024

confrontation

confrontation

English

Noun

confrontation ‎(plural confrontations)

The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
A conflict between armed forces

Translations

The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face

Albanian: ballafaqim (sq)
Bulgarian: противопоставяне (bg) n ‎(protivopostavjane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對峙 (zh), 对峙 (zh) ‎(duìzhì), 對質 (zh), 对质 (zh) ‎(duìzhì)
Dutch: confrontatie (nl) f
Finnish: konfrontaatio
French: confrontation (fr) f
German: Konfrontation (de) f, Gegenüberstellung (de) f
Hebrew: עימות f ‎('ymut)
Italian: braccio di ferro, confronto (it) m
Japanese: 対決 ‎(たいけつ, taiketsu)

Kurdish: rûbirûbûn (ku), tûşîbûn (ku)
Sorani: به‌ره‌نگار
Norwegian:

Bokmål: konfrontasjon m

Nynorsk: konfrontasjon m
Persian: رویارویی - مواجهه
Polish: konfrontacja f
Portuguese: confronto (pt) m, briga (pt) f
Russian: конфронта́ция (ru) f ‎(konfrontácija), противостоя́ние (ru) n ‎(protivostojánije), противобо́рство (ru) n ‎(protivobórstvo)
Swedish: konfrontation (sv) c

A conflict between armed forces

Albanian: kundërvënie (sq)
Bulgarian: битка (bg) f ‎(bitka)
Dutch: confrontatie (nl) f
Finnish: yhteenotto (fi)
French: confrontation (fr) f
German: Konfrontation (de) f

Italian: scontro (it) m
Kurdish: şer (ku), pevçûn (ku)
Sorani: به‌ره‌نگاربوونه‌وه‌
Portuguese: confronto (pt) m
Russian: конфронта́ция (ru) f ‎(konfrontácija), противостоя́ние (ru) n ‎(protivostojánije), столкнове́ние (ru) n ‎(stolknovénije)

French

Noun

confrontation f ‎(plural confrontations)

confrontation