contestation

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kon′te stā′shən)


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con•tes•ta•tion  (kon′te stā′shən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of contesting;
    controversy;
    dispute.
  2. an assertion contended for.
  • Latin contestātiōn- (stem of contestātiō). See contest, -ation
  • Middle French)
  • (1540–50

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