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discention

discention is the obsolete form of dissension.

Meaning of dissension

Noun

dissension (countable and uncountable, plural dissensions)

  1. An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.
  2. Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
    • […]wherby at the last shuld have sourded discention amonge the people, they beinge seperately enclined towarde theyr naturall souerayne lorde[…]1531, Thomas Elyot, “The Best Governance”, in Ernest Rhys, editor, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton...

Questions about discention

What is discention the obsolete form of?
Discention is the obsolete form of dissension.

Words near discention in the dictionary

  1. discectomizes
  2. discectomizing
  3. discectomy
  4. disced
  5. discede
  6. discention
  7. discept
  8. disceptation
  9. disceptations
  10. disceptatious
  11. disceptator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discention (page history and authors); dissension (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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