Făc'tion, n.

n. [Lat. factio, from facere, to make or do; Fr. faction, Sp. faccion, It. fazione.]

1. (Anc. Hist.) One of the troops or bodies of combatants in the games of the circus, especially of the horse races.
2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the prince, government, or state; — usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a party of any kind, acting unscrupulously for their own private ends, and for the destruction of the common good.

To commit outrages And cherish factions. Shak. 3. Tumult; discord; dissension. They remained at Newbury in great faction among themselves. Clarendon. Syn. — Cabal; combination; party; clique; junto. See CABAL.