1.Definition: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

Related Noun(s):disagreement, discrepancy, divergence

Category: General

2.Definition: an activity that varies from a norm or standard

Related Noun(s):variation

Category: General

3.Definition: an event that departs from expectations

Related Noun(s):discrepancy, variant

Category: General

4.Definition: an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)

"A zoning variance"

Category: General

5.Definition: discord that splits a group

Related Noun(s):division

Category: General

6.Definition: the quality of being subject to variation

Related Noun(s):variability, variableness

Category: General

7.Definition: the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

Category: General