non-contention

noun

1. a struggling together in opposition; strife.
2. a striving in rivalry; competition; contest.
3. strife in debate; dispute; controversy.
4. a point contended for or affirmed in controversy.

noun

1. a struggling between opponents; competition
2. dispute in an argument (esp in the phrase bone of contention)
3. a point asserted in argument

n.late 14c., “strife,” from Old French contention, from Latin contentionem (nominative contentio), from content-, past participle stem of contendere (see contend). see bone of contention.