contention   (Sound)

The noun contention has 3 senses

• contention -- (a point asserted as part of an argument)


• controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing -- (a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument")


• competition, contention, rivalry -- (the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place")