disputes
Conflicts needing resolution
Disputes are disagreements or arguments, typically formal or prolonged: labor disputes, territorial disputes, disputes over property lines.
The verb means to argue against or call into question: She disputed the charges on her bill.
To dispute a claim is to challenge its validity.
The matter remains in dispute means it's unresolved.
Legal dispute process
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
trial · verdict · settlement · damages · jurisdiction · testimony · evidence · appeal
Spoken exchange between parties
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
bargaining · diplomacy · talks · conciliation · accord · truce · reconciliation · consensus
Reasoned case or dispute
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
- bickeringPetty verbal sparring
spat · falling-out · rift · estrangement · grudge · misunderstanding · reconciliation · apology
Armed struggle between groups
- battleArmed military engagement
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- combatArmed hostile engagement
skirmish · confrontation · feud · territorial · border · ceasefire · escalation · standoff
Causing public dispute
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- polarizingCausing sharp division
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- contestedArgued against, disputed
debatable · arguable · moot · unresolved · ongoing · heated · public · political
Enforceable written agreement
- breachBreaking of agreement
- warrantyFormal repair promise
- refundMoney returned after purchase
- compensationPayment for services rendered
liability · negligence · malpractice · trademark · patent · copyright · infringement · royalties
litigation
Legal dispute process
courtroom · trial · verdict · settlement · damages · jurisdiction · testimony · evidence · appeal · mediation
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
settlement · bargaining · diplomacy · talks · conciliation · accord · truce · reconciliation · consensus · rapprochement
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
bickering · spat · falling-out · rift · estrangement · grudge · misunderstanding · reconciliation · apology · accusation
war
Armed struggle between groups
- battleArmed military engagement
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
combat · skirmish · confrontation · feud · territorial · border · ceasefire · escalation · standoff · insurgency
controversial
Causing public dispute
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- polarizingCausing sharp division
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
contested · debatable · arguable · moot · unresolved · ongoing · heated · public · political · scholarly
contract
Enforceable written agreement
compensation · liability · negligence · malpractice · trademark · patent · copyright · infringement · royalties · licensing
- legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, conflict
- tensionsstrain, friction, hostility, discord, strife
- workplace conflictspower struggles, disagreements, arguments, office politics, turf wars
- neighborsnext door, adjacent, adjoining, nearby, upstairs
- intellectual propertypatents, copyright, patent, trademark, trademarks
- neighborhood disputesConflicts between nearby residents
- domestic disputeConflict within a household
- family disputesConflicts between relatives
- border disputesConflicts over boundaries
- labor disputesWorker-employer conflicts
- custody disputesLegal battles over children
dispute, disputed, undisputed, disputing, indisputable, disputation, indisputably, disputable, disputant