[var.i.ance] n (14c) 1: the fact, quality, or state of being variable or variant: difference, variation "yearly ~ in crops"
2: the fact or state of being in disagreement: dissension, dispute
3: a disagreement between two parts of the same legal proceeding that must be consonant
4: a license to do some act contrary to the usual rule "a zoning ~"
5: the square of the standard deviation syn see discord -- at variance : not in harmony or agreement