Definition of disputation : 1. A rhetorical exercise in which
parties reason in opposition to each other on some question
proposed. 2. 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. list, sway, lean, dispute,
line, rivalry, competition, argument, joust, words,
argumentation, parameter, disceptation, inclination, affirm,
debate, literary argument, Forensics, statement, contestation,
logical argument, controversy, rock, careen, line of reasoning,
leaning, public debate, tilt, contention, arguing, discussion -
The disputation might now begin. - "Berlin and Sans-Souci",
Louise Muhlbach. - The bishop now condescended to end this
disputation by saying emphatically, " Consider, young savage,
that in battle neither the infant, the aged, the sick, nor
infirm are involved, but only those in the full prime of health
and vigour." - "Nature and Art", Mrs. Inchbald