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dissent
noun
    1. Disagreement, especially open or hostile.
      Thesaurus: difference, disagreement, discord, refusal, challenge, demurral, resistance, opposition, nonconformity; Antonym: accord, harmony.
    2. Voluntary separation, especially from an established church.
verb, intr dissented, dissenting
    1. To differ in opinion from or to disagree with them.
      Thesaurus: disagree, object, differ, decline, refuse, quibble, protest, challenge, argue, demur; Antonym: agree, consent.
    2. To break away, especially from an established church.
Derivative: dissenter
noun
    Someone who differs in opinion
      Thesaurus: protester, objector, nonconformist.
Derivative: dissenting
adj
    Etymology: 15c: from Latin dissentire to disagree.



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