noun vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.
2. contention ·noun a violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.
3. contention ·noun strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.
4. contention ·noun a point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for.