Antonyms for disputation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dis-pyoo-tey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs pyʊˈteɪ ʃən

Definition of disputation

Origin : late 14c., from Old French desputasion and directly from Latin disputationem (nominative disputatio), noun of action from past participle stem of disputare (see dispute).

noun controversy

Example sentences :

In a word, is not the art of disputation a power of disputing about all things?
Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato

But heresies have polluted every church, and schisms are the fruit of disputation.
Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper

It is reported that something in the nature of a disputation was now held.
Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson

Nothing had been accomplished, therefore, when the disputation ceased.
Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson

But to leave this technical, though not wholly unreal, disputation.
Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James

The whole town is a scene of vociferation, disputation, and fighting.
Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 » by Various

Parvise seems to have been a porch, used as a school or place for disputation.
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 » by Various

I have no time for disputation, as you know, and you profit by the knowledge.
Extract from : « Capitola's Peril » by Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth

Meanwhile the hall of disputation was crowded with an expectant audience.
Extract from : « New Italian sketches » by John Addington Symonds

Neither are they a subject for scientific controversy or disputation.
Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 » by Various

Synonyms for disputation

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