Noun

• S: (n) duel, affaire d'honneur (a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) fight, fighting, combat, scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle) "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
• S: (n) conflict, struggle, battle (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)) "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
• S: (n) group action (action taken by a group of people)
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) duel (any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups))

Verb

• S: (v) duel (fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman) "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"