contestation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From contest + -ation.

[490] Saint-Simon, Mémoire introductif sur sa Contestation avec M. de Redern (1812) (Œuvres, vol. i, p. 122). — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
My pleaders, after the same manner, before I did interpose my judgment in the reconciling of them, were waxing faint in their contestations. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
My moderator is the authority of the divine will, that governs us without contradiction, and that is seated above these human and vain contestations. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne

controversy, contention, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing

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