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.
- dilapidate
- dilapidated
- dilapidation
- dilatability
- dilatable
- dilatably
- dilatancy
- dilatant
- dilatation
- dilatational
- dilatator
- dilate
- dilation
- dilation and curettage
- dilation and evacuation
- dilation and extraction
- dilative
- dilatometer
- dilatometric
- dilatometry
- dilator
- dilatorily
- dilatoriness
- dilatory
- dildo