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  • 81conflict — n 1 combat, fight, *contest, affray, fray Analogous words: engagement, *battle, action: *encounter, skirmish, brush: controversy, dispute, *argument 2 strife, contention, dissension, difference, variance, * …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 82conflict — Conflict, m. acut. Est le combat et la meslée soit de deux armées, ou d une partie d icelles, que les Latins disent Pugna et Proelium, et vient de ce mot Latin, Conflictus. Selon ce on dit, Il s est retiré du conflict, Proelio abstitit. Liu. lib …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 83conflict — ► NOUN 1) a serious disagreement or argument. 2) a prolonged armed struggle. 3) an incompatibility between opinions, principles, etc.: a conflict of interests. ► VERB ▪ be incompatible or at variance with. DERIVATIVES conflictual adjective …

    English terms dictionary

  • 84conflict of interest — n. a conflict between one s obligation to the public good and one s self interest, as in the case of a public officeholder who owns stock in a company seeking government contracts …

    English World dictionary

  • 85conflict diamond — noun (usu in pl) a blood diamond (qv under ↑blood). • • • Main Entry: ↑conflict …

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  • 86CONFLICT OF OPINION — (Heb. מַחֲלֹקֶת, maḥaloket; Aram. pelugta; Palestinian Aram. taflugta). General Rarely did a view in the Talmud go unchallenged, since every talmudic scholar was entitled to his own opinion, even if it conflicted with that of his greatest… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 87Conflict — (v. lat.), 1) Zusammenstoßen, Zusammentreffen; 2) Streit, namentlich bei entgegenstehenden Interessen, so zwischen Staaten politischer C., im Drama tragischer C …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 88Conflict — lat., Zusammenstoß, Streit …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 89conflict of authority — n. 1 A difference of interpretation regarding a point of law between two or more courts, often courts of equal importance or rank (such as the highest appellate court in two states). 2 A difference of opinion regarding a point of law between two… …

    Law dictionary

  • 90conflict with — index antagonize, collide (clash), contravene, counter, counteract, countervail, cross (disagree …

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