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disassent

disassent is the obsolete form of dissent.

Meaning of dissent

Noun

dissent (countable and uncountable, plural dissents)

  1. Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
    • ethnopolitical dissent
  2. An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
  3. (Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
  4. A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate manner such as foul language, rude gestures, or failure to comply.
    • City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent, and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.2014 March 9, Jacob Steinberg, “Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals”, in The Guardian

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Verb

disassent (third-person singular simple present disassents, present participle disassenting, simple past and past participle disassented)

  1. (obsolete) To dissent.

Forms of disassent

Noun
pluraldisassents
Verb
third-person singular presentdisassents
present participledisassenting
past participledisassented
pastdisassented

Origin of disassent

From dis- + assent.

Questions about disassent

What does disassent mean?
Disassent means to dissent.
What is disassent the obsolete form of?
Disassent is the obsolete form of dissent.
What part of speech is disassent?
Disassent is a verb.
What is the past tense of disassent?
The past tense of disassent is disassented.

Words near disassent in the dictionary

  1. disassemblies
  2. disassembling
  3. disassembly
  4. disassembly line
  5. disassembly lines
  6. disassent
  7. disassented
  8. disassenting
  9. disassents
  10. disassiduity
  11. disassimilate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disassent (page history and authors); dissent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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