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Contention

/kəˈntɛnʃən/
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(noun) Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.

Spread the table, and contention will cease.
The division of the property was a bone of contention between the brothers.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Spread the table, and ____ will cease.

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