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dis⋅pu⋅ta⋅tion

  [dis-pyoo-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of disputing or debating; verbal controversy; discussion or debate.
2. an academic exercise consisting of the arguing of a thesis between its maintainer and its opponents.
3. Obsolete. conversation.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME disputacioun < L disputātiōn- (s. of disputātiō), equiv. to disputāt(us) (ptp. of disputāre; disput- (see dispute ) + -ātus -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion; r. desputisoun < OF
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dis·pu·ta·tion   (dĭs'pyə-tā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of disputing; debate.
  2. An academic exercise consisting of a formal debate or an oral defense of a thesis.
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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.
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Language Translation for : disputation
Spanish: discusión,
German: das Streitgespräch,
Japanese: 論争
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