Webster's English Dictionary

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dissent

1. dis.sent \dis-'ent\ vi [ME dissenten, fr. L dissentire, fr. dis- + 
   sentire to]feel 1: to withhold assent  2: to differ in opinion 
2. dissent n : difference of opinion : as  : religious nonconformity  : a 
   justice's nonconcurrence with a decision of the majority