To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.

Lk 21: 15; Titus 1: 9; Acts 10: 29; Rom 10:21; Jude 11] To contradict; to oppose in words; to deny or declare not to be true what another says; to controvert; to dispute; applied to persons, or to propositions or facts.

take exception to; "She challenged his claims"