nonconcurrence

[non-kuhn-kur-uhns, -kuhr-]

noun

1. refusal or failure to concur.

Other Word Forms

• nonconcurrent adjective
• nonconcurrently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonconcurrence¹

First recorded in 1685–95; non- + concurrence

Example Sentences

Commissioners said they are also frustrated that they haven’t learned much since their initial “nonconcurrence” vote in June, including the toll rates the state has assumed to justify the lanes’ financial success.

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The objections were strongly worded, but they fell short of an important legal threshold — the formal filing of a “nonconcurrence” memo — that would have triggered further review of Beck’s actions.

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The objections were strongly worded, but they fell short of an important legal threshold — the formal filing of a “nonconcurrence” memo — that would have triggered further review of Dr. Beck’s actions.

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As stated in your communication, some time after you had assumed the duties of Secretary of War ad interim we interchanged views respecting the course that should be pursued in the event of nonconcurrence by the Senate in the suspension from office of Mr. Stanton.

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Related Words

• discord 
• dissension 
• disunity 
• objection 
• opposition 
• protest 
• resistance 
• schism 
• strife