contestation

[ kon-te-stey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of contesting; controversy; dispute.

  2. an assertion contended for.

Origin of contestation

1
1540–50; (<Middle French ) <Latin contestātiōn- (stem of contestātiō). See contest, -ation

Other words from contestation

  • non·con·tes·ta·tion, noun

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