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1. A point asserted as part of an argument
    
2. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
   - controversy, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing
    
3. The act of competing as for profit or a prize
   "the teams were in fierce contention for first place";
   - competition, rivalry, rivality [archaic]

Derived forms: contentions

Type of: assertion, asseveration, averment, conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute, group action

Encyclopedia: Contention, Oregon