The act of contending, disputing, or struggling; contention or conflict between parties.
From Latin contentatio, derived from contentus (past participle of contendere) plus -atio (a Latin suffix creating nouns). It's related to 'contention' but less commonly used.
While 'contention' is common, 'contentation' is its scholarly older cousin—it emphasizes the ongoing action of struggling rather than the dispute itself, appearing mostly in philosophical or legal texts.
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