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    dissent
    I
    dis‧sent1 /dɪˈsent/ noun
    1. [uncountable] refusal to agree with an official decision or accepted opinion
       SYN  opposition ⇨ consent, assent:
        the ruthless suppression of political dissent
        These voices of dissent grew louder.
    2. [countable] law a statement by a judge giving their reasons for disagreeing with the other judges in a law case

    II
    dissent2 verb [intransitive]
     Date: 1400-1500
     Language: Latin
     Origin: dissentire, from sentire 'to feel'
    1. to say that you disagree with an official decision or accepted opinion
        dissent from
        Few historians would dissent from this view.
        There are some dissenting voices (=people who do not agree) among the undergraduates.
    2. law if a judge dissents, they say formally that they do not agree with the other judges in a law case
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ disagree/not agree to have a different opinion from someone else about something: Scholars disagree about the meaning of the poem. | I don’t agree with a word of what she says.
       ▪ be divided/split if a group of people is divided or split on something, some of them have one opinion and others have a completely different opinion: The party is divided on this issue.
       ▪ differ if two or more people differ about something, they have different opinions from each other about it: The two men differed on how to handle the crisis.
       ▪ not see eye to eye used to say that two people have different opinions and ideas so that it is difficult for them to be friends or work together: Some of the teachers don’t see eye to eye with the principal of the school.
       ▪ be mistaken used to say that you disagree with someone’s opinion and that you think they are wrong: People are mistaken if they think that this problem will go away on its own.
       ▪ take issue with somebody/something formal to express strong disagreement with an idea or with what someone has said or done: A number of people took issue with the mayor’s decision.
       ▪ dissent formal to say publicly that you disagree with an official opinion or one that most people accept: Two members of the jury dissented from the majority verdict.