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discord
UK /ˈdɪskɔɹd/ US /ˈdɪskɔɹd/
noun 6verb 2name 1
Definitions
noun
1
Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.
A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.
The proposition is peace. Not peace through the medium of war; not peace to be hunted through the labyrinth of intricate and endless negotiations; not peace to arise out of universal discord, fomented from principle, in all parts of the empire; […]
2
Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
3
Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
[…] For a Diſcord it ſelfe is but a Harſhneſſe of Diuers Sounds Meeting.
4
An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
verb
1
To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
[…] Sometimes the one Iarring and diſcording with the other, and making a Confuſion; […]
verb
1
To untie things which are connected by a cord.
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