confrontation

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˌkɒn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən//
United States//ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən//
Australia//ˌkɔn.fɹənˈtæɪ.ʃən//

The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.

noun

1
The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.
During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy)[…]
2
A conflict between armed forces.

Etymology

From Middle French. Morphologically confront + -ation.

Forms

plural: confrontations

confiscate · To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a…conflict · A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more…confront · To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility…

confrontation · The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.

confuse · to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict…confused · unable to think clearly or understand confusing · difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic,…

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