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dissention

dissention is the archaic 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...

Forms of dissention

pluraldissentions

Questions about dissention

What is dissention the archaic form of?
Dissention is the archaic form of dissension.

Words near dissention in the dictionary

  1. dissentient
  2. dissentiently
  3. dissentients
  4. dissenting
  5. dissentingly
  6. dissention
  7. dissentions
  8. dissentious
  9. dissentiously
  10. dissentism
  11. dissentive

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