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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discrepance \Dis*crep"ance\ (?; 277), Discrepancy
  \Dis*crep"an*cy\, n.; pl. {-ances}, {-ancies}. [L. disrepantia:
     cf. OF. discrepance. See {Discrepant}.]
     The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement;
     variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
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           There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth
           and age, men and women.                  --Sir T.
                                                    Elyot.
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           There is no real discrepancy between these two
           genealogies.                             --G. S. Faber.
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