dissent
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dissent
- /dɪˈsɛnt/ UK
- /dɪˈsɛnt/ US
- /dəˈsɛnt/ US
Sounds like descent · Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English dissenten, from Latin dissentiō, dissentīre (“to differ in sentiments, disagree, be at odds, contradict, quarrel”), from dis- + sentiō, sentīre (see sense).
verb dissents · dissenting · dissented
- To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to). Where a trustee refuses either to assent or dissent, the Court will itself exercise his authority.
- To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc. Some are so eristical and teasty, that they will not ... bear with any that dissent.
- To be different; to have contrary characteristics. it was wholly unlawful, in any thing to dissent from him
noun dissents
- Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion. ethnopolitical dissent
- An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
- A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
- A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate manner such as foul language, rude gestures, or failure to comply. City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent, and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.
