Confrontment

con·front  (kn-frnt)

v. con·front·ed, con·front·ing, con·fronts

v.tr.

1. To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility: I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.

2. To bring face to face with: The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.

3. To come up against; encounter: confronted danger at every turn.

v.intr.

To engage in confrontation: "She got no child support. [She] didn't argue or confront" (Gail Sheehy).

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[French confronter, from Old French, to adjoin, from Medieval Latin cnfrontre : Latin com-, com- + Latin frns, front-, front.]

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con·fronter n.

con·frontment n.

confron·tative adj.