Pro \Pro\, adv. For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with {con}. [1913 Webster] {Pro and con}, for and against, on the affirmative and on the negative side; as, they debated the question pro and con; -- formerly used also as a verb. {Pros and cons}, the arguments or reasons on either side. [1913 Webster]
PRO AND CON. For and against. For example, affidavits are taken pro and con.
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "pro and con": agitate, argue, argumental, argumentative, canvass, combative, contentious, controversial, debate, dialectic, discept, disputatious, dispute, eristic, ill-humored, litigious, logomachic, pilpulistic, polemic, quarrelsome, thrash out