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Synonyms and Antonyms of debates
- after much debate, I decided to get the chocolate ice cream
- there was a great deal of debate over the need for cutting costs by eliminating some programs
- there was no debate over the expenditures before the vote
arguments, argumentations, argy-bargies [chiefly British], back-and-forths, colloquies, confabs, confabulations, conferences, consults, consultations, councils, counsel, deliberations, dialogues (also dialogs), discussions, give-and-takes, palavers, parleys, talks
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