Tending to dispute.

In a disputative manner.

The quality of being disputative.

The state or quality of being disputable; disputableness.

One who takes part in a dispute; a disputant or debater.

plural of disputation

plural of disputer

The act of disputing; a dispute or argument. / A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree. / (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.

(intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another. / (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss