Dissent: Definition and part of speech

Dissent

  1. n. Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality.
  2. v. i. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; — followed by from.
  3. v. i. To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.
  4. v. i. To differ; to be of a contrary nature.
  5. n. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.
  6. n. Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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