dis·pu·ta·tion 
(dĭs′pyə-tāshən)
(dĭs′pyə-tāshən)n.
1. The act of disputing; debate.
2. An academic exercise consisting of a formal debate or an oral defense of a thesis.
- precisionist
- preclinical
- preclude
- preclusion
- preclusive
- preclusively
- precocial
- precocious
- precociously
- precociousness
- precocity
- precognition
- precognitive
- precolonial
- pre-colonial
- pre-Columbian
- precolumbian
- preconceive
- preconception
- preconcert
- precondition
- preconscious
- preconsciously
- precontract
- precook