Definition of dissent

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Dissent (n.) The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement..

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Dissentation :: Dissentation (n.) Dissension.
Separatist :: Separatist (n.) One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary..
Dissident :: Dissident (n.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
Sect :: Sect (n.) Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party..
Discosent :: Discosent (v. i.) To differ; to disagree; to dissent.
But :: But (adv. & conj.) On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind..
Disassent :: Disassent (v. i.) To dissent.
Dissentive :: Dissentive (a.) Disagreeing; inconsistent.
Dissentany :: Dissentany (a.) Dissentaneous; inconsistent.
Dissentiate :: Dissentiate (v. t.) To throw into a state of dissent.
Nonconformist :: Nonconformist (n.) One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter..
Dissent :: Dissent (v. i.) To differ; to be of a contrary nature.
Disassenter :: Disassenter (n.) One who disassents; a dissenter.
Sectary :: Sectary (n.) A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter.
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
Dissentient :: Dissentient (v. i.) Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.
Dissent :: Dissent (n.) Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality.
Protestant :: Protestant (v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church..
Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics..
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