debate (suomeksi)

debatti (s: argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting / type of literary composition)
väittely (s: argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting / informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views / discussion of opposing views)
kiivas keskustelu (s)
väitellä jstk (v: rak)
väitellä (v: participate in a debate)