Antonyms for contention

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuhn-ten-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛn ʃən

Definition of contention

Origin : late 14c., "strife," from Old French contention, from Latin contentionem (nominative contentio), from content-, past participle stem of contendere (see contend).

noun competition
noun argument for idea

Example sentences :

Passages taken at haphazard will suffice to establish my contention.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

Just what the ratio of the curve should be is a matter of contention.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

Then I wish that bone of contention was from between the two churches.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Let me take one example which may mark out the outline of the contention.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Then began a contention the most vehement that ever I had with woman.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

On the whole he preferred a quiet life free from contention.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

The only bone of contention between them was the education lavished on their children.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

This is proved by the strife and contention of the Gods respecting her.
Extract from : « Menexenus » by Plato

The imaginative will at once say that the contention is too far fetched.
Extract from : « The Curse of Education » by Harold E. Gorst

His contention is that art adds nothing to the knowledge of the mind.
Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

Synonyms for contention

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