5
altercate(verb, oppose, fight, dispute, challenge)
5
disagree(verb, hold, oppose, fight, dispute)
5
fallacy(noun, reasoning, quiddity, CC, misconstrual)
5
nicety(noun, objection, complaint, equivocation, cavil)
5
nit-pick(verb, dispute, shift, disagree, hedge)
4
argufy(verb, bother, dispute, irritate, avoid)
4
brabble
4
complaint(noun, objection, equivocation, quiddity, CC)
4
find fault(verb, expression, harass, complain, tease)
4
fudge(verb, avoid, escape, lie, shuffle)
4
hem and haw(verb, expression, idiom, avoid, escape)
4
lock horns(verb, expression, idiom, fight, dispute)
4
parry(escape, lie, shuffle, vacillate, prevaricate)
4
quibbling
4
quip
4
sophistry(noun, shift, escape, routine, cunning)
3
ambiguity(wit, equivocalness)
3
beg the question(expression, idiom, shift, escape, lie)
3
carping(noun, adjective, cut, hit, censure)
3
catch at straws(verb, expression, idiom, dispute, shift)
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