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dissent

SYLLABICATION:	dis·sent
PRONUNCIATION:	d-snt
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: dis·sent·ed, dis·sent·ing, dis·sents 1. To differ in opinion or feeling; disagree. 2. To withhold assent or approval.
NOUN:	1. Difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement. 2. The refusal to conform to the authority or doctrine of an established church; nonconformity. 3. Law A justice's refusal to concur with the opinion of a majority, as on a higher court. Also called dissenting opinion.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English dissenten, from Latin dissentre : dis-, dis- + sentre, to feel; see sent- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	dis·senting·ly —ADVERB


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