dissent

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  1. intransitive verb To differ in opinion or feeling; disagree.
  2. intransitive verb To withhold assent or approval.
  3. noun Difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement.
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  • This dissent is acknowledged, but there is the delicate matter of the Kuntz operation. —  FSF - March2006
  • Of course, dissent is as American as, well, Warren Buffett, so feel free to go to our
  • Yes, constructive dissent is the lifeblood of democracy. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • The comments also come in a year of sensitive political anniversaries which may lead to protests and dissent, adding to government worries about unrest as bankruptcies and unemployment rise due to slowing exports amid the global financial crisis. —  www.hardwarezone.com.sg
  • As Justice Kennedy wrote in dissent, the EPA assigned value only to the 1.8 percent of the species that have a market value (think fish and shrimp), effectively assigning no value to —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English dissenten, from Latin dissentīre : dis-, dis- + sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English dissenten, from Old French dissentir, French dissentir = Spanish disentir = Portuguese dissentir = Italian dissentire, from Latin dissentire, differ in opinion, disagree, differ, from dis-, apart, + sentire, feel, think.
  2. from dissent, v.
 

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