dissent

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To differ in opinion or feeling; disagree.
2. v. To withhold assent or approval.
3. n. Difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement.
4. n. The refusal to conform to the authority or doctrine of an established church; nonconformity.
5. n. Law A justice's refusal to concur with the opinion of a majority, as on a higher court. Also called dissenting opinion.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To be of a different or contrary opinion or feeling; withhold approval or assent: with from before the object.
2. Eccles., to refuse to acknowledge, conform to, or be bound by the doctrines or rules of an established church. See dissenter.
3. To differ; be of a different or contrary nature.
4. n. The act of dissenting; a holding or expressing of a different or contrary opinion; refusal to be bound by an opinion or a decision that is contrary to one's own judgment.
5. n. A declaration of disagreement in opinion about something: as, the minority entered their dissent on the records of the house.
6. n. Eccles., refusal to acknowledge or conform to the doctrines, ritual, or government of an established church, particularly in England and Scotland.
7. n. Contrariety of nature; opposite quality.

Wiktionary

1. v. intransitive To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
2. v. intransitive To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
3. n. Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
4. n. An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
5. n. Anglo-American common law A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.
2. v. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.
3. v. To differ; to be of a contrary nature.
4. n. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.
5. n. (Eccl.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.
6. n. obsolete Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a difference of opinion
2. v. withhold assent
3. v. be of different opinions
4. n. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
5. v. express opposition through action or words
6. n. (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority