Definition of disputation
1 : the action of disputing : verbal controversy continuous disputation between them ideological disputations
2 : an academic exercise in oral defense of a thesis by formal logic
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Examples of disputation in a Sentence
years of debate and disputation
a heated disputation over the true authorship of the poem popularly known as “The Night Before Christmas”
Recent Examples of disputation from the Web
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First there was Trump’s disputation of the intelligence findings that Russia was behind the hacking of Clinton campaign emails.
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And having four teams in the playoff (as opposed to two chosen to play for the title during the B.C.S. era) has meant less disputation.
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First Known Use of disputation
14th century
DISPUTATION Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of disputation for English Language Learners
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: a disagreement or argument
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