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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dissent /dɪˈsɛnt/
verb express disagreement with a prevailing view or official decision: two members dissented from the majority.

■ disagree with the doctrine of an established or orthodox Church.

noun the holding or expression of a dissenting view.
– origin ME: from L. dissentire ‘differ in sentiment’.



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