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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confrontation \Con`fron*ta"tion\, n. [LL. confrontatio.]
Act of confrontating --H.Swinburne.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
confrontation
n 1: a bold challenge
2: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: {encounter}, {showdown}]
3: the act of opposing groups confronting each other "the
government was not ready for a confrontation with the
unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn:
{opposition}]
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