contenção

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin contentiōnem.

Noun

contenção f (plural contenções)

  1. contention; struggle
    Synonym: contenda

Noun

contenção f (plural contenções)

  1. restrainment (the act of restraining)
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