dissent
Syllables: dis·sent/dɪˈsɛnt/US/dɪˈsɛnt/
dissent verb: to disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
Verb
dissent (third-person singular simple present dissents, present participle dissenting, simple past and past participle dissented)
- To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
- Where a trustee refuses either to assent or dissent, the Court will itself exercise his authority.1827, Thomas Jarman, Powell's Essay on Devises, section 2.293
- Those who openly dissented from the acts which the King had carried through the Parliament.1830, Isaac D'Israeli, Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First, 3.9.207
- Synonyms:
- disagree, take exception, refute, reject
- To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
- Some are so eristical and teasty, that they will not ... bear with any that dissent.1654, John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon the Book of Job, section 33.32
- Natural reason dictates, that motion ought to be assigned to the bodies, which in kind and essence most agree with those bodies which do undoubtedly move, and rest to those which most dissent from them.1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2)
- To be different; to have contrary characteristics.
- it was wholly unlawful, in any thing to dissent from him[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
Noun
dissent (countable and uncountable, plural dissents)
- Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
- ethnopolitical dissent
- A system that suppresses dissent is fault-intolerant, ignorant and fragile.2013 June 28, Charles Hugh Smith, Why Centralization Leads to Collapse
- An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
- A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
- 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
dissent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
dissent in Hindi
- असहमति
dissent in Tamil
- இணங்காதிரு, எதிருரை, மறுப்புரை, இசைவு மறுப்பு, மாறுபடு, மாறுகருத்து
dissent in Urdu
- to dissent
- اختلاف ہونا ixtilāf honā
- dissent
- اختلاف ixtilāf
dissent in Bengali
- ভিন্নমত, দ্বিমত
More languagesFewer languages
- dissent in Telugu
- అసమ్మతి asammati
- dissent in Malayalam
- ഇണങ്ങാതിരിക്കുക, വിസമ്മതിക്കുക, യോജിക്കാതിരിക്കുക
- dissent in Kannada
- ಭಿನ್ನಾಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ, ಅಸಮ್ಮತಿ, ನಿರಾಕರಣೆ, ಅನಂಗೀಕಾರ
- dissent in Punjabi
- ਅਸਹਿਮਤੀ
- dissent in Gujarati
- અસંમતિ
- dissent in Odia
- ମତବିରୋଧ
Examples of dissent in a sentence
- How can you know everything about everything, if you won't consider any dissent?
- Seeds of dissent were budding among the recruits.
- They ruthlessly suppressed any dissent for fear that it would inspire the citizens to take some sort of collective action against the government.
Synonyms of dissent
Antonyms
Forms of dissent
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | dissents |
| present participle | dissenting |
| past participle | dissented |
| past | dissented |
| Noun | |
| plural | dissents |
Origin of dissent
From Middle English dissenten, from Latin dissentiō, dissentīre (“to differ in sentiments, disagree, be at odds, contradict, quarrel”), from dis- + sentiō, sentīre (see sense).
Words formed from dissent
Words that rhyme with dissent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about dissent
- What does dissent mean?
- Dissent means to disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
- What is dissent in Hindi?
- Dissent in Hindi is असहमति. See Dissent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dissent?
- Dissent can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce dissent?
- Dissent is pronounced /dɪˈsɛnt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of dissent?
- The past tense of dissent is dissented.
Words near dissent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dissent (page history and authors); dissent (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dissent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اختلاف (Urdu) (page history and authors); Dissent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అసమ్మతి (Telugu) (page history and authors); dissent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dissent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dissent (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dissent (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dissent (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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