contest

fe’l verb

1. To contend. I will contest for the open seat on the board.
2. To call into question; to oppose. The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
3. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend. The troops contested every inch of ground.
4. To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.

ot noun

1. Controversy; debate. no contest
2. A competition. The child entered the spelling contest.
3. Struggle for superiority; combat.