discord
n. uncountablen. a lack of agreement or harmony between people. You use this word when a group stops getting along and starts arguing.
n. a state of disagreement, conflict, or lack of harmony between individuals or groups. Often used with the preposition 'between'.
There is discord between the two neighbours.
Political discord delayed the passing of the new budget.
The sudden discord within the coalition forced the prime minister to resign.
Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”). Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.
From dis- + cord (“tie, bind”).