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S: (n) challenge (a demanding or stimulating situation) "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"

S: (n) challenge (a call to engage in a contest or fight)
S: (n) challenge (questioning a statement and demanding an explanation) "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"
S: (n) challenge (a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror)
S: (n) challenge (a demand by a sentry for a password or identification)

S: (v) challenge, dispute, gainsay (take exception to) "She challenged his claims"
S: (v) challenge (issue a challenge to) "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"

S: (v) provoke, stimulate (provide the needed stimulus for)
S: (v) counterchallenge (challenge in turn) "The authentication was counterchallenged"
S: (v) question, oppugn, call into question (challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of) "We must question your judgment in this matter"
S: (v) impeach (challenge the honesty or veracity of) "the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses"
S: (v) impugn (attack as false or wrong)
S: (v) defy, dare (challenge) "I dare you!"
S: (v) call one's bluff (ask to prove what someone is claiming) "John called Mary's bluff when she claimed she could prove the theorem in under an hour"
S: (v) call out (challenge to a duel) "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"
S: (v) remit, remand, send back (refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision)
S: (v) appeal (take a court case to a higher court for review) "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
S: (v) action, sue, litigate, process (institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against) "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
S: (v) litigate (engage in legal proceedings)

S: (v) challenge (ask for identification) "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"
S: (v) challenge, take exception (raise a formal objection in a court of law)