Definition of "at variance" [at variance]

• In disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. (noun)

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• "As Dr. Joseph Warren, a Massachusetts delegate, remarked, Until now the Colonies were ever at variance and foolishly jealous of each other."
• "As this psalm xlii was omitted in all the ferial masses of Passion Time, that omission was regarded as a sign of mourning, and accordingly became a characteristic of the Mass of Requiem, although the psalm itself is not at variance with the nature of this Mass."
• "Time after timeon Iran, on Soviet activity in Africa, on relations with Moscow generallyhe pushed, aggressively, positions at variance with those of Vance and Brown, positions that President Carter had not endorsed and was usually not ready to endorse."