2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
disputation
n : the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated
proposition (usually followed by a vote) [syn: {debate},
{public debate}]
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