conflict
     n 1: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);
          "the harder the conflict the more glorious the
          triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the
          battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: {struggle},
           {battle}]
     2: opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible
        feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
     3: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course
        of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of
        Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when
        he got into a real engagement" [syn: {battle}, {fight}, {engagement}]
     4: a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests;
        "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the
        post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
     5: an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a
        conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
     6: opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters
        or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the
        development of the plot); "this form of conflict is
        essential to Mann's writing"
     7: a disagreement or argument about something important; "he
        had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable
        differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans
        and Democrats" [syn: {dispute}, {difference}, {difference
        of opinion}]
     v 1: be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
     2: go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afould of the
        law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" [syn: {run
        afoul}, {infringe}, {contravene}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0