Definition of dissent

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

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Dissentive :: Dissentive (a.) Disagreeing; inconsistent.
Nonconcur :: Nonconcur (v. i.) To dissent or refuse to concur.
Dissentient :: Dissentient (n.) One who dissents.
Meeting :: Meeting (n.) An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters..
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..
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.
Dissident :: Dissident (n.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
Dissentient :: Dissentient (v. i.) Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.
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..
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..
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
Dissent :: Dissent (n.) The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement..
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..
Bethel :: Bethel (n.) A chapel for dissenters.
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..
Protestation :: Protestation (n.) The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent..
Dissentation :: Dissentation (n.) Dissension.
Dissentany :: Dissentany (a.) Dissentaneous; inconsistent.
Dissensious :: Dissensious (a.) Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious.
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