Noun: contention kun'ten-shun
- A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
"The budget cuts led to much contention at the meeting";
- controversy, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing
- A point asserted as part of an argument
"Her main contention was that the policy was unconstitutional"
- 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