different between dissension vs reservation

English

Etymology

From Old French dissension, from Latin dissensio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??s?n??n/
• Hyphenation: dis?sen?sion

Noun

dissension (countable and uncountable, plural dissensions)

1. An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.
2. Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
   • 1843, E. A. Poe, Morning on the Wissahiccon

     The natural scenery of America has often been contrasted, in its general features as well as in detail, with the landscape of the Old World—more especially of Europe—and not deeper has been the enthusiasm, than wide the dissension, of the supporters of each region.

   • 1998, Deborah J. Bennett, Randomness, Harvard University Press, p. 34f.

     In Biblical times the resort to chance was an agreed-upon way of making many decisions because it ended dissension among opposing, often powerful, parties.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin dissensio.

Noun

dissension f (plural dissensions)

1. dissension

Further reading

• “dissension” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• dessinions

English

Etymology

From Middle French reservation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z??ve???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???z??ve???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

reservation (countable and uncountable, plural reservations)

1. The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

   The committee authorised the reservation of funds.

   1. The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
   2. The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.
2. Something that is withheld or kept back.
3. (often in the plural) A limiting qualification regarding certainty; a doubt.

   I have reservations about your intentions.

4. (US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).
5. An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
6. (Britain) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also central reservation.

   A vehicle crashed through the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic.

7. (India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).

Synonyms

• (advance arrangement): booking
• (central reservation, motorway lane separator): median, median strip
• (Indian reservation): reserve, res, rez

Related terms

• mental reservation
• off the reservation
• reserve

Translations

Anagrams

• veratrosine

Middle French

Noun

reservation f (plural reservations)

1. reservation (limiting qualification)

Descendants

• English: reservation
• French: réservation