Con·flict n.
1. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.
2. A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he became eager for action and conflict. --Macaulay.
An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces. --W. H. Seward.
Conflict of laws, that branch of jurisprudence which deals with individual litigation claimed to be subject to the conflicting laws of two or more states or nations; -- often used as synonymous with Private international law.
Syn: -- Contest; collision; struggle; combat; strife; contention; battle; fight; encounter. See Contest.