argument

[1]	debate , statement , dispute , disagreement , quarrel , controversy , polemic , wrangle , squabble , tiff , spat , altercation , conflict , fight , fracas , affray , fray , Donnybrook , feud , (Colloq) row , falling-out , scrap , barney
[2]	point , controversy , contention , position , (line of) reasoning , contestation , disputation , logic , plea , disceptation , tilt , claim , pleading , arguing , assertion , contention , case , defence
[3]	argumentation , debate
[4]	literary argument
[5]	parameter
[6]	argumentation , logical argument , line of reasoning , line