Both Uses of
conflict
in
Chasing Lincoln's Killer
- The conflict had begun long before over the right to own slaves and states' right to secede, that is, to leave the Union if they disagreed with the government.†
p. i..1 *
- Spies and Confederate sympathizers as well as soldiers filled the Union capital, Washington, D.C. People could not tell based on clothing, geography, or appearance which side of the conflict people supported.†
p. ii..9
Definition:
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(conflict) a struggle or disagreementin various senses, including:
- a serious disagreement -- as in "political conflict"
- the tension from two opposing ideas or feelings -- as in "I'm conflicted about where I should go to college."
- a violent fight or war -- as in "the Israeli-Palestinian conflict"
- an idiom that refers to tension between responsibilities to different entities -- "conflict of interest"