a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments
(linguistics) the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking OR the act or an instance of omitting something
(adjective) suitable to be imparted to the public / (adjective) belonging to the outer or less initiate circle / (adjective) relating to the outside; external
difficult to control; unruly; irritable and quarrelsome
(verb) philosophy: to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis; assimilate (a smaller entity) into a larger one; used by Hegel