Definition of dissent

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Dissent (n.) Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality.

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Raskolnik :: Raskolnik (n.) One of the separatists or dissenters from the established or Greek church in Russia.
Dissentient :: Dissentient (v. i.) Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.
Nonconcur :: Nonconcur (v. i.) To dissent or refuse to concur.
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..
Waldenses :: Waldenses (n. pl.) A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles..
Dissenter :: Dissenter (n.) One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist..
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..
Dissentiate :: Dissentiate (v. t.) To throw into a state of 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..
Conformist :: Conformist (n.) One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist..
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..
Disassenter :: Disassenter (n.) One who disassents; a dissenter.
Dissent :: Dissent (n.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity..
Disassent :: Disassent (v. i.) To dissent.
Dispute :: Dispute (v. t.) To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments..
Chapel :: Chapel (n.) In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse..
Dissentient :: Dissentient (n.) One who dissents.
Dissented :: Dissented (imp. & p. p.) of Dissen.
Dissent :: Dissent (v. i.) To differ; to be of a contrary nature.
Dissent :: Dissent (v. i.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government..
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