8 definitions found for disputation

Disputation DISPUTATION, n. [L.]
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.

disputation n 1: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate, disputation, public debate] 2: 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]

disputation noun Date: 14th century 1. the action of disputing ; verbal controversy <continuous disputation between them> <ideological disputations> 2. an academic exercise in oral defense of a thesis by formal logic

disputation
n.
1 a disputing, debating. b an argument; a controversy.
2 a formal debate.
Etymology: ME f. F disputation or L disputatio (as DISPUTE)

disputation (disputations) Disputation is discussion on a subject which people cannot agree about. (FORMAL) After much legal disputation our right to resign was established. = debate N-VAR

disputation ˌdɪspju:ˈteɪʃən n. 1 a disputing, debating. b an argument; a controversy. 2 a formal debate. [ME f. F disputation or L disputatio (as DISPUTE)]

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. 2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

disputation n. Debate, dispute, controversy, argumentation, verbal contest.