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Noun: dissension  di'sen-shun
  1. Disagreement among those expected to cooperate
    - discord
     
  2. A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
    - disagreement, dissonance

Derived forms: dissensions

See also: dissent

Type of: conflict, disagreement

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