(n.) Act of confronting.

allegory analogy antagonism anteposition antipathy antithesis audience balancing bargaining bargaining session clashing collision collision course comparative anatomy comparative degree comparative grammar comparative judgment comparative linguistics comparative literature comparative method compare comparing comparison conclave confab confabulation conference conflict confrontment congress consultation contention contradiction contradistinction contraindication contraposition contrariety contrast contrastiveness convention correlation council council fire council of war counterposition cross-purposes disagreement discrepancy discussion distinction distinctiveness encounter exchange of views eyeball-to-eyeball encounter high-level talk hostility huddle inconsistency inimicalness interchange of views interview joining likening matching meeting metaphor narrow squeak near thing near-miss negotiations news conference opposing oppositeness opposition opposure oppugnance oppugnancy palaver parallelism parley perversity polar opposition polarity polarization posing against pourparler powwow press conference proportion relation rencontre repugnance seance session showdown simile similitude sitting summit summit conference summitry trope of comparison weighing