contesting
A competition in which to do better than other people takes place; especially, contesting to win a prize or to achieve a position of leadership or power.
detest, detests, detested
1. To dislike someone or something very much.
2. To feel antipathy or aversion towards.
By way of French detester from Latin detestari, "to bear witness against, to denounce" from testis, "witness".
detestable, detestability
1. Causing or deserving intense dislike.
2. Inspiring or deserving abhorrence or scorn.
3. Referring to what elicits or deserves strong dislike, distaste, or revulsion.
detestably
1. In an offensive and hateful manner.
2. A reference to people or things which are hated very much: "They were so detestably immoral and vulgar that we could not tolerate being anywhere near them."
detestation
1. An intense loathing or hatred for someone or something.
2. Something that, or someone who, is detested.
detester
1. Someone who abhors or hates certain people, situations, or conditions.
2. Anyone who abhors, loathes, abominates, or despises.
Ille dolet vere, qui sine teste dolet.
He mourns honestly who mourns without witnesses. -Martialis
incontestable
1. Not contestable; not to be disputed; not admitting debate; too clear to be controverted; incontrovertible; such as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts.
2. Not open to question; obviously true.
incontestably
1. In a manner to preclude debate; indisputably; incontrovertibly; indubitably.
2. A situation in which it is impossible to question the accuracy of something because of its being obviously true.
intestacy
The condition of having died without making a legally valid will.
intestate
1. Not having made a legally valid will.
2. Not having been assigned to anyone in a legally valid will.
3. Someone who has died without having made a legally valid will.
obtest
1. To invoke as a witness.
2. To supplicate earnestly; to beseech.
3. To make a supplication; to beseech.
obtestation
1. Supplication; entreaty.
2. Solemn injunction.
ovotestis, ovariotestis
1. A hermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue.
2. An abnormal gonad containing both testicular and ovarian tissue, as seen in hermaphroditism.
protest
1. To express strong disapproval of or disagreement with something, or to refuse to obey or accept something often by making a formal statement or taking action in public.
2. The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent.
3. A formal and solemn declaration of objection.
4. The act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval: "The crowd shouted their protests at the umpire."
5. The expression of opposition through action or words.
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