Definition for Contestation:

• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; " they were involved in a violent argument"

Synonyms for Contestation:

• n.

  •
  • opinion.
  •arguing (noun)
  • arguing.
  •argument (noun)
  • argument.
  •conflict (noun)
  • contest,
  • debate,
  • tilt,
  • rivalry,
  • controversy,
  • disagreement.
  •contention (noun)
  • hypothesis,
  • demurrer,
  • predications,
  • predication,
  • demurrers.
  •contestation (noun)
  • disputation.
  •thesis (noun)
  • pre supposition,
  • pre mise,
  • pro positions,
  • sur-mises,
  • pre-mise,
  • pro-positions,
  • sur mise,
  • pre mises,
  • pre suppositions,
  • apriorisms,
  • pre-supposition,
  • sur-mise,
  • pre-mises,
  • pro position,
  • sur mises.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • conflict,
  • contention,
  • difference,
  • difference of opinion,
  • dispute,
  • thesis,
  • Apriorism.
  •Other relevant words:
  • act upon,
  • active,
  • affirmation,
  • affray,
  • agate line,
  • aggression,
  • air,
  • altercate,
  • ancestry,
  • angle,
  • angle of dip,
  • angle of inclination,
  • antagonism,
  • argot,
  • argue,
  • argufy,
  • armed combat,
  • assembly line,
  • assertion,
  • at odds,
  • atilt,
  • bank,
  • bank line,
  • battle,
  • be given,
  • be sick,
  • befool,
  • belief,
  • belligerence,
  • bid,
  • bidding,
  • big cat,
  • billet,
  • blood,
  • blood line,
  • bloodline,
  • bozo,
  • brabble,
  • brawl,
  • break,
  • break open,
  • budge,
  • burst,
  • business,
  • business line,
  • cable,
  • calculate,
  • campaign,
  • cant,
  • cant over,
  • canted,
  • carry,
  • carve up,
  • cast,
  • caterpillar,
  • challenge,
  • challenger,
  • channel,
  • charge,
  • charge up,
  • charm,
  • chuck,
  • clamber,
  • cleave,
  • combat-ready,
  • commove,
  • communication channel,
  • competitiveness,
  • competitor,
  • computed axial tomography,
  • computed tomography,
  • computerized axial tomography,
  • computerized tomography,
  • confrontation,
  • conjecture,
  • consider,
  • contend,
  • contender,
  • contestation,
  • contradictory,
  • contrast,
  • contravene,
  • contravention,
  • control,
  • convention,
  • count,
  • course,
  • crease,
  • credit line,
  • crinkle,
  • crusade,
  • ct,
  • curl,
  • decree,
  • defence,
  • defend,
  • defense,
  • deliberate,
  • delineate,
  • demarcation,
  • demur,
  • demurral,
  • denial,
  • departure,
  • depend,
  • descent,
  • describe,
  • determine,
  • deviation,
  • dictation,
  • difficultness,
  • dip,
  • disconnected,
  • discord,
  • discrepancy,
  • disgorge,
  • disposal,
  • dissertation,
  • dissever,
  • dissonance,
  • disturb,
  • disunited,
  • divergence,
  • divide,
  • dividing line,
  • division,
  • dominate,
  • dominion,
  • draw,
  • dupe,
  • dustup,
  • enemy,
  • engage,
  • engagement,
  • excite,
  • feeling,
  • fence,
  • fight back,
  • fight down,
  • financial statement,
  • find,
  • foe,
  • foeman,
  • foment,
  • fool,
  • formula,
  • foul,
  • fouled,
  • fracas,
  • fragmented,
  • furrow,
  • fuss,
  • gainsay,
  • govern,
  • guess,
  • gull,
  • guy,
  • haggle,
  • haggling,
  • harness,
  • heel,
  • hombre,
  • honk,
  • hope,
  • ignition lock,
  • implore,
  • impression,
  • inclination of an orbit,
  • incline,
  • inclining,
  • infringe,
  • instruction,
  • interlace,
  • interlock,
  • jargon,
  • job,
  • judgement,
  • judgment,
  • judicial proceeding,
  • keel,
  • line of business,
  • line of credit,
  • line of descent,
  • line of merchandise,
  • line of products,
  • line of work,
  • lineage,
  • lingo,
  • linguistic rule,
  • listing,
  • lock away,
  • lock chamber,
  • lock in,
  • lock up,
  • look,
  • lurch,
  • magnetic dip,
  • magnetic inclination,
  • mastery,
  • melodic line,
  • melodic phrase,
  • melody,
  • mesh,
  • mold,
  • moot,
  • name,
  • niggle,
  • normal,
  • note,
  • notion,
  • number,
  • occupation,
  • operate,
  • opponent,
  • oppose,
  • opposite,
  • oppositeness,
  • origin,
  • overlook,
  • overtop,
  • parametric quantity,
  • parentage,
  • part,
  • patois,
  • pattern,
  • pedigree,
  • personal credit line,
  • personal line of credit,
  • persuade,
  • persuasion,
  • pettifog,
  • phone line,
  • pipeline,
  • pitch,
  • play,
  • polemical,
  • popular opinion,
  • possibility,
  • postulation,
  • pray,
  • predominate,
  • prescript,
  • press,
  • prevail,
  • principle,
  • proclivity,
  • product line,
  • production line,
  • program line,
  • propensity,
  • public opinion,
  • puke,
  • purge,
  • push,
  • put away,
  • put one across,
  • put one over,
  • quibble,
  • rail line,
  • railway line,
  • raise up,
  • reckon,
  • reel,
  • regorge,
  • regulate,
  • regulation,
  • regurgitate,
  • reign,
  • rein,
  • rely,
  • remainder,
  • rent,
  • repugn,
  • require,
  • resistance,
  • retch,
  • ringlet,
  • rip,
  • rival,
  • rive,
  • rock 'n' roll,
  • rock candy,
  • rock music,
  • rouse,
  • row,
  • ruler,
  • ruling,
  • run,
  • run afoul,
  • run along,
  • run-in,
  • schism,
  • scramble,
  • scrap,
  • seam,
  • self-contradictory,
  • sentiment,
  • separate,
  • shake,
  • shape,
  • shift,
  • shin,
  • shinny,
  • short letter,
  • shut away,
  • shut up,
  • sick,
  • skimpy,
  • skin,
  • snag,
  • sod,
  • solicit,
  • spat,
  • speculation,
  • spew,
  • split up,
  • spue,
  • sputter,
  • squabble,
  • stagger,
  • stake,
  • stakes,
  • state of war,
  • stir,
  • stir up,
  • stock,
  • stock split,
  • stone,
  • strain,
  • supposition,
  • surmisal,
  • surmise,
  • swag,
  • swear,
  • swing,
  • tap,
  • tear,
  • telephone line,
  • temperament,
  • tempt,
  • tend,
  • tendency,
  • theory,
  • thin,
  • thought,
  • throw up,
  • tiff,
  • tilted,
  • tip,
  • tipped,
  • trace,
  • transmission line,
  • trouble,
  • true cat,
  • trust,
  • tune,
  • turn over,
  • upchuck,
  • variability,
  • variableness,
  • variant,
  • variation,
  • vernacular,
  • vex,
  • view,
  • vomit,
  • vomit up,
  • wager,
  • want,
  • whorl,
  • wobble,
  • words,
  • work,
  • wrinkle,
  • khat,
  • qat,
  • telephone circuit,
  • subscriber line,
  • ill will,
  • stemma,
  • experimental variable,
  • legal opinion,
  • rock and roll,
  • break up,
  • put on,
  • take in,
  • turn on,
  • shake up,
  • slant,
  • barf,
  • slang term,
  • slang expression,
  • cat-o'-nine-tails,
  • rock-and-roll,
  • rock'n'roll.

Paraphrases for Contestation:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    challenge, challenges, contention, objection, protest, disagreement, controversy, avoidance.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    contest, dissent, dispute, questioning, litigation.

Antonyms for Contestation:

• n.

  • conflict
    harmony, peace, quiet, agreement.
  • Other antonyms:
    acceptance, compliance, unanimity, consensus, accord, concord.

Contestation Sentence Examples:

• History will throw a veil over all the ambiguity, tergiversation and contestation which have been pointed to with so much bitterness and so eager a desire to spread discord amongst us.

• I am ashamed almost of having put so much earnestness into a personal matter - and I spoke face to face and quite firmly - so as to pass with my sisters for the 'bravest person in the house' without contestation.

Homophones for Contestation:

• cocaine addiction, conduction.