'Disputation' definitions:
Definition of 'disputation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate, disputation, public debate]
noun
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]
Definition of 'Disputation'
From: 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]