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disagree
To differ in opinion; often, specif., to quarrel or dispute
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  1. To differ in opinion; often, specif., to quarrel or dispute
  2. To be harmful or give distress or discomfort, specif. physical discomfort
  3. To have a differing opinion:
nonconformity
Failure or refusal to act in conformity with generally accepted beliefs and practices
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  1. Failure or refusal to act in conformity with generally accepted beliefs and practices
  2. Refusal or failure to conform to accepted standards, conventions, rules, or laws.
  3. Lack of agreement or harmony
difference
A degree or amount by which things differ:
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  1. A degree or amount by which things differ:
  2. A noticeable change or effect:
  3. An instance of disparity or unlikeness:
dissidence
The state of being dissident; dissent
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  1. The state of being dissident; dissent
  2. Disagreement, as of opinion or belief; dissent.
  3. Disagreement; dissent
heterodoxy
A heterodox belief or doctrine
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  1. A heterodox belief or doctrine
  2. A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.
  3. The quality or fact of being heterodox
refuse
To decline to do, give, or grant
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  1. To decline to do, give, or grant
  2. To indicate unwillingness (to do something):
  3. To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow:
contradict
To assert the opposite of (what someone else has said)
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  1. To assert the opposite of (what someone else has said)
  2. To be contrary or opposed to; go against
  3. To speak in denial; oppose verbally
differ
To be of opposite or unlike opinions; disagree
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  1. To be of opposite or unlike opinions; disagree
  2. To be dissimilar or unlike in nature, quality, amount, or form:
  3. To be of a different opinion; disagree:
disaccord
To disagree.
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  1. To disagree.
  2. To refuse to agree; disagree
  3. (Intransitive) To fail to be in accord.
disagree
To cause adverse effects:
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  1. To cause adverse effects:
  2. To differ in opinion; often, specif., to quarrel or dispute
  3. To fail to agree; be different; differ
discord
To disagree; clash
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  1. To disagree; clash
  2. To fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
vary
To undergo change in any way; become different
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  1. To undergo change in any way; become different
  2. To have a range of different qualities or amounts:
  3. To deviate from a standard or expectation:
clash
A loud, harsh noise, such as that made by two metal objects in collision.
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  1. A loud, harsh noise, such as that made by two metal objects in collision.
  2. A sharp disagreement; conflict
  3. A violent conflict or confrontation.
conflict
Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially when motivating or shaping the action of the plot.
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  1. Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially when motivating or shaping the action of the plot.
  2. A fight or struggle, esp. a protracted one; war
  3. A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
confrontation
The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.
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  1. The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.
  2. A conflict involving armed forces:
  3. A focused comparison:
contention
A statement or point that one argues for as true or valid
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  1. A statement or point that one argues for as true or valid
  2. A striving to win in competition; rivalry:
  3. The act of contending; strife, struggle, controversy, dispute, quarrel, etc.
difference
(Mathematics) The amount by which one quantity is greater or less than another.
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  1. (Mathematics) The amount by which one quantity is greater or less than another.
  2. A significant effect on or change in a situation
  3. An instance of disparity or unlikeness:
difficulty
A disagreement or quarrel
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  1. A disagreement or quarrel
  2. The condition or quality of being difficult:
  3. A troublesome or embarrassing state of affairs, especially of financial affairs:
disaccord
Disharmony.
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  1. Disharmony.
  2. The absence or reverse of accord.
  3. Lack of accord; discord; disagreement
discord
A harsh or confused noise, as the sound of battle; clash; din
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  1. A harsh or confused noise, as the sound of battle; clash; din
  2. Lack of concord; disagreement; dissension; conflict
  3. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
discordance
(Music) Lack of harmony; dissonance.
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  1. (Music) Lack of harmony; dissonance.
  2. The state or an instance of disagreement; discord.
  3. (Genetics) The presence of a given trait in only one member of a pair of identical twins.
dissension
Difference of opinion; disagreement.
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  1. Difference of opinion; disagreement.
  2. A difference of opinion; disagreement or, esp., discord as expressed in intense quarreling or wrangling, as within a group [dissension among party members]: often in dissension in the ranks, dissatisfaction with those in authority
dissidence
Disagreement, as of opinion or belief; dissent.
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  1. Disagreement, as of opinion or belief; dissent.
  2. Disagreement; dissent
  3. The state of being dissident; dissent
dissonance
(Music) A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution.
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  1. (Music) A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution.
  2. A state of disagreement or conflict
  3. Lack of agreement, consistency, or harmony; conflict:
faction
Partisan conflict within an organization or a country; dissension
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  1. Partisan conflict within an organization or a country; dissension
  2. A literary work or film that is a mix of fact and fiction.
  3. A group of people inside a political party, club, government, etc. working in a common cause against other such groups or against the main body
friction
Ill will or conflict because of differences of opinion, temperament, etc.
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  1. Ill will or conflict because of differences of opinion, temperament, etc.
  2. Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
  3. A force on objects or substances in contact with each other that resists motion of the objects or substances relative to each other. &diamf3; Static friction arises between two objects that are not in motion with respect to each other, as for example between a cement block and a wooden floor. It increases to counterbalance forces that would move the objects, up to a certain maximum level of force, at which point the objects will begin moving. It is measured as the maximum force the bodies will sustain before motion occurs. &diamf3; Kinetic friction arises between bodies that are in motion with respect to each other, as for example the force that works against sliding a cement block along a wooden floor. Between two hard surfaces, the kinetic friction is usually somewhat lower than the static friction, meaning that more force is required to set the objects in motion than to keep them in motion.
inharmony
An instance of such discord.
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  1. An instance of such discord.
  2. Lack of harmony; discord; conflict
schism
The offense of attempting to produce such a breach.
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  1. The offense of attempting to produce such a breach.
  2. Any of the sects, parties, etc. formed by such a split
  3. A formal breach of union within a religious body, especially a Christian church.
strife
Contention or competition between rivals.
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  1. Contention or competition between rivals.
  2. The act or state of fighting or quarreling, esp. bitterly; struggle; conflict
  3. A conflict or quarrel:
variance
An exception to the application of a usual rule, granted by an authority on the basis of hardship or practicality:
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  1. An exception to the application of a usual rule, granted by an authority on the basis of hardship or practicality:
  2. A difference between what is expected and what happens
  3. Degree of change or difference; divergence; discrepancy
war
The period of such conflict.
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  1. The period of such conflict.
  2. Open armed conflict between countries or between factions within the same country
  3. A condition of active antagonism or contention:
warfare
Military operations marked by a specific characteristic:
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  1. Military operations marked by a specific characteristic:
  2. Conflict or struggle of any kind
  3. The waging of war against an enemy; armed conflict.
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  • Some modern investigators dissent from this identification: H.

  • If Whiggism could be proved to entail Dissent, he was prepared to abandon it.

  • found a pretext to dissent from the views of his premier, who resigned on the spot, recommending the king to send for Sagasta.

  • At that time, however, a liberal policy towards dissent was adopted, the general court granting permission for churches " soberly to differ or dissent " from the establishment.

  • It is said also that John himself, on the advice of his relative, Pierre Robert Olivetan, the first translator of the Bible into French, had begun to study the Scriptures and to dissent from the Roman worship. At any rate he readily complied with his father's suggestion, and removed from Paris to Orleans (March 1528) in order to study law under Pierre Taisan de 1'Etoile, the most distinguished jurisconsult of his day.

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