Disputation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
Tilt
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to slope or incline (something); to slant(jousting) to charge (at someone) with a lanceto forge (something) with a tilt hammerto play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck)
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a slope or inclinationa jousta canvas covering for carts etc.
Example sentence: When a trout rises to a fly, it does not swim as much as tilt its fins and jet skyward.