dissension Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun disagreement among those expected to cooperate
    discord.
  2. noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
    dissonance; disagreement.

WordNet

Dis*sen"sion noun
Etymology
L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension. See Dissent.
Definitions
  1. Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel.
    Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them. Acts xv. 2.
    Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. Dryden.
    A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Webster 1913