disagreement

disagreement
/dis'euh gree"meuhnt/, n.
1. the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
2. lack of agreement; diversity; unlikeness: a disagreement of colors.
3. difference of opinion; dissent.
4. quarrel; dissension; argument.
[1485-95; < AF, MF desagrement. See DISAGREE, -MENT]

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