dissonance

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISSONANCE, noun [Latin , to be discordant; to sound.] 1. Discord; a mixture or union of harsh, unharmonious sounds, which are grating or unpleasing to the ear; as the dissonance of notes, sounds or numbers. 2. Disagreement.
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