Contention

1. n. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for.
2. n. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.
3. n. Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.
4. n. Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.