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adverb
rare‘For and against’; = "pro and contra".
noun
rareOriginally: argument, debate; = "pro and contra". In later use: advantages and disadvantages.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Higden's Polycronycon. From post-classical Latin pro et contra for and against from classical Latin pro for + et and + contra against.
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