ALTERCATION

ALTERCA'TION, noun [Latin altercatio.]Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle.

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altercation. altercation, debate, wrangling, or contention

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altercation. Altercation, n. a dispute with anger, a wrangle

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Al′ter‐ca″tion (?; 277), n. [[F. altercation, fr. L. altercatio.]] Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. “Stormy altercations.” Macaulay. Syn. — Altercation, Dispute, Wrangle. The term dispute is in most cases, but not necessarily, applied to a verbal contest; as, a dispute on the lawfulness of war. An altercation is an angry dispute between two parties, involving an interchange of severe language. A wrangle is a confused and noisy altercation. Their whole life was little else than a perpetual wrangling and altercation. Hakewill.