a struggling together in opposition; strife.

a striving in rivalry; competition; contest.

strife in debate; dispute; controversy.

a point contended for or affirmed in controversy.

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affection , consideration , friendliness , friendship , good will , kindness , sympathy

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altercation , argument , battle , beef * , belligerency , bone of contention * , bone to pick , combat , conflict , contest , controversy , difference , disaccord , discord , dispute , dissension , dissent , dissidence , disunity , enmity , feuding , fight , flak * , hassle , hostility , quarrel , rivalry , run-in , scene , scrap , set-to * , squabble , static , strife , struggle , variance , war , wrangle , wrangling , advancement , affirmation , allegation , assertion , asseveration , avowal , belief , charge , claim , contestation , declaration , demurrer , deposition , discussion , explanation , ground , hurrah , hypothesis , idea , maintaining , opinion , plea , position , predication , profession , rumpus , stand , thesis , view , bicker , clash , debate , difficulty , disagreement , polemic , spat , tiff , word , confrontation , discordance , dissentience , dissonance , faction , friction , inharmony , schism , warfare , beef , competition , feud , flak , rebellion , riot