Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Conflict \Con*flict"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Conflicted}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Conflicting}.] [L. conflictus, p. p. of confligere
   to conflict (cf. conflictare); con- + fligere to strike; cf.
   Gr. fli`bein, qli`bein, to press, L. flagrum whip.]
   1. To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision;
      to collide. --Shak.

            Fire and water conflicting together.  --Bacon.

   2. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or
      opposition; to struggle.

            A man would be content to . . . conflict with great
            difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward. --Abp.
                                                  Tillotson.

   3. To be in opposition; to be contradictory.

            The laws of the United States and of the individual
            States may, in some cases, conflict with each other.
                                                  --Wheaton.

   Syn: To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat;
        strive; battle.

Conflict \Con"flict\, n. [L. conflictus a striking together, fr.
   confligere, -flictum, to strike together, to fight: cf. F.
   conflit, formerly also conflict. See {Conflict}, v.]
   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}.

Source : WordNet®

conflict
     n 1: 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" [syn: {struggle},
           {battle}]
     2: opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible
        feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
     3: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course
        of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of
        Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when
        he got into a real engagement" [syn: {battle}, {fight}, {engagement}]
     4: a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests;
        "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the
        post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
     5: an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a
        conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
     6: opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters
        or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the
        development of the plot); "this form of conflict is
        essential to Mann's writing"
     7: a disagreement or argument about something important; "he
        had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable
        differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans
        and Democrats" [syn: {dispute}, {difference}, {difference
        of opinion}]

conflict
     v 1: be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
     2: go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afould of the
        law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" [syn: {run
        afoul}, {infringe}, {contravene}]