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Adjective: dissenting  `di'sen-ting
  1. Disagreeing, especially with a majority
    - dissentient, dissident
Verb: dissent  di'sent
  1. Withhold assent
    "Several Republicans dissented"
     
  2. Express opposition through action or words
    "dissent to the laws of the country"
    - protest, resist
     
  3. Be of different opinions
    "She dissents with her husband on many questions"
    - disagree, differ, take issue

See also: dissension, dissenter, negative

Type of: contradict, controvert, oppose

Antonym: assent

Encyclopedia: Dissent

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