Lack of harmony or order; discord or dissonance, especially used in older texts to describe disagreement or conflicting arrangement.
From dis- (reversal) + ordinance (from Latin ordinantia, meaning arrangement or order). The -ance suffix creates a noun describing the state of lacking proper order or coordination.
This word sits at the intersection of music and social harmony—both senses of 'discord' (musical and social) trace back to the idea of things not being properly arranged together.
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