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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discrepant \Dis*crep"ant\, a. [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf OF discrepant. See {Crepitate}.] Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different. The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. --Cudworth. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discrepant \Dis*crep"ant\, n. A dissident. --J. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: discrepant adj 1: not compatible with other facts [syn: {incompatible}] 2: not in agreement [syn: {inconsistent}] 3: not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements" [syn: {at variance(p)}]
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