Usage Note
Confrontation covers both a direct face-to-face conflict and the judicial process of bringing witnesses or suspects together to compare their accounts. The verb is confronter, and se confronter à means 'to face up to' a problem or situation. The register is neutral to formal.
Examples
"La confrontation entre les deux groupes était inévitable."
Natural Translation
The confrontation between the two groups was inevitable.
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