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”
14th Century
First Known Use of disputation
14th century
DISPUTATION Defined for English Language Learners
disputation
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: a disagreement or argument
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