dissent:1
verb15th century{ds||1||}
- to withhold assent or approval
- to differ in opinion
dissent:2
noun
dissent
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1585
- difference of opinion : such as
- religious nonconformity
- a judge's or justice's nonconcurrence with a decision of the majority; especially : a separate opinion by a judge or justice that differs from the decision of the court —called also dissenting opinion
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