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Strife resulting from a lack of agreement; A harsh mixture of sounds; Disagreement among those expected to cooperate; Lack of agreement or harmony

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: Strife resulting from a lack of agreement; A harsh mixture of sounds; Disagreement among those expected to cooperate; Lack of agreement or harmony . Used as a verb, listen here, it means: to disagree; be at variance.

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  • Its main mission is to promote peace and to prevent any more discord among nations.
  • Noun : marital discord
  • Meiring said his request was prompted by what he labelled discord and distrust sparked by the leakage of a Military
  • Each year of budget discord translates to failure of the ruling party to lead the nation.
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  • ''discord" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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