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

Dissentation :: Dissentation (n.) Dissension.

Meetinghouse :: Meetinghouse (n.) A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters..

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..

Dissenter :: Dissenter (n.) One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement..

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..

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..

Unanimous :: Unanimous (a.) Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous..

Dissidence :: Dissidence (a.) Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion.

Whig :: Whig (n.) One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in Englis

Dissentient :: Dissentient (v. i.) Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.

Dissensious :: Dissensious (a.) Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious.

Dissident :: Dissident (a.) No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.

Dissent :: Dissent (v. i.) To differ; to be of a contrary nature.

Protest :: Protest (v.) A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly a formal objection against some act; especially, a formal and solemn declaration, in writing, of dissent from the proceedings of a legislative body; as, the protest of lords in Parliament..

Nonconcur :: Nonconcur (v. i.) To dissent or refuse to concur.

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.

Dissentious :: Dissentious (a.) Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious.

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..

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