noun a clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard progress.
2. ftiction ·noun the resistance which a body meets with from the surface on which it moves. it may be resistance to sliding motion, or to rolling motion.
3. ftiction ·noun the act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush ·etc., to excite the skin to healthy action.