CONFLICT

I. noun see: profligate Date: 15th century fight , battle , war , 2. competitive or opposing action of incompatibles ; antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons), mental struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, wishes, or external or internal demands, the opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action in a drama or fiction, see: discord ~ful adjective ~ual adjective II. intransitive verb Date: 15th century to contend in warfare, to show antagonism or irreconcilability ; fail to be in agreement or accord , ~ion noun ~ive adjective