Dis'pu-tā'tion, n.
n. [Lat. disputatio, Fr. disputation, Pr. disputatio, O. Sp. disputacion, It. disputazione.]
Sense 1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.
Sense 2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.