Definition of "discord" []

• Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things. (noun)
• Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension. (noun)
• A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds. (noun)
• Music An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance. (noun)
• To fail to agree or harmonize; clash. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Meiring on Monday said his decision to retire was prompted by what he labelled discord and distrust sparked by the leakage of the report."
• "Meiring said his request was prompted by what he labelled discord and distrust sparked by the leakage of a Military"
• "Let us consider her as a whole, who can only maintain herself by what we call the discord of the elements; that she exists by the continual dissolution and re-union of her parts; that from this springs the universal harmony; that from this the general stability has its birth."