0 the activity of taking part in duels (= formal fights between two people, using weapons, usually because one person has insulted the other):
The church increasingly pressed kings to outlaw dueling and other forms of trial by combat.
They were engaging in verbal dueling, a competitive form of conversation.
The dueling for endorsements between the two candidates continues.
In Virginia, a law was passed October 31, 1870 in regard to dueling.
The courts were long ago established as the preferred alternative to dueling, murder and mayhem.
Thomas Paine wrote articles against slavery and against dueling.
The script is full of crisp repartee and intellectual dueling.
It is not uncommon for dueling relatives to make false accusations.
