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dispute
A	noun
	1	dispute, contravention
			coming into conflict with
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚resistance ╚dispute, contravention
	2	dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
			a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚disagreement ╚dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict ╚quarrel; wrangle; row; words; run-in; dustup ╚controversy; contention; contestation; disputation; disceptation; tilt; argument; arguing ╚collision
B	verb
	1	quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate
			have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚talk; speak ╚converse; discourse ╚argue; contend; debate; fence ╚quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate ╚polemize; polemise; polemicize; polemicise ╚spat ╚brawl; wrangle
	2	challenge, dispute, gainsay
			take exception to; "She challenged his claims"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚talk; speak ╚converse; discourse ╚argue; contend; debate; fence ╚oppose ╚contest; contend; repugn ╚challenge, dispute, gainsay ╚call ╚call