Definition of dissent

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Dissent (n.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity..

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Dissident :: Dissident (a.) No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
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..
Dissent :: Dissent (v. i.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government..
Raskolnik :: Raskolnik (n.) One of the separatists or dissenters from the established or Greek church in Russia.
Dissent :: Dissent (v. i.) To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.
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..
Dissentive :: Dissentive (a.) Disagreeing; inconsistent.
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..
Dissenterism :: Dissenterism (n.) The spirit or principles of dissenters.
Dissentany :: Dissentany (a.) Dissentaneous; inconsistent.
Nonconcur :: Nonconcur (v. i.) To dissent or refuse to concur.
Disassenter :: Disassenter (n.) One who disassents; a dissenter.
Dissented :: Dissented (imp. & p. p.) of Dissen.
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..
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..
Dissentiate :: Dissentiate (v. t.) To throw into a state of dissent.
Protestation :: Protestation (n.) The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent..
Dissenter :: Dissenter (n.) One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement..
Dissent :: Dissent (n.) The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement..
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..
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