| Concept: | Contention. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional Antagonism |
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contend; contest, strive, struggle, scramble, wrestle; spar, square; exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs; fib, justle, tussle, tilt, box, stave, fence; skirmish; pickeer; fight (war); wrangle (quarrel)., contend with, grapple with, engage with, close with, buckle with, bandy with, try conclusions with, have a brush with, tilt with; encounter, fall foul of, pitch into, clapperclaw, run a tilt at; oppose; reluct., join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand; take up the cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet; enter the lists; couch one's lance; give satisfaction; appeal to arms (warfare)., lay about one; break the peace., compete with, cope with, vie with, race with; outvie, emulate, rival; run a race; contend for, stipulate for, stickle for; insist upon, make a point of.
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| Concept: | Disagreement. |
| Category: | 4. GENERAL RELATION |
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disagree; clash, jar (discord); interfere, intrude, come amiss; not concern; mismatch; humano capiti cervicem jungere equinam.
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| Concept: | Dissent. |
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dissent, demur; call in question (doubt); differ in opinion, disagree; say no; refuse assent, refuse to admit; cavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate; contradict (deny)., have no notion of, differ toto caelo; revolt at, revolt from the idea., shake the head, shrug the shoulders; look askance, look askant., secede; recant.
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| Antonyms: | assent |
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