Synonym: differ, disagree, take exception. Antonym: assent, consent. Similar words: assent, essential, essentially, essentiality, essence, sentiment, dismiss, passenger. Meaning: [dɪ'sent] 
n. 1. (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority 2. a difference of opinion 3. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent. v. 1. withhold assent 2. express opposition through action or words 3. be of different opinions.
n. 1. (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority 2. a difference of opinion 3. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent. v. 1. withhold assent 2. express opposition through action or words 3. be of different opinions. 
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91. It made dissent, social criticism, and alternative scenarios more difficult to articulate.
92. If dissent is voiced, self-appointed mind-guards apply verbal and non-verbal pressure to isolate dissenters.
93. He quickly established its critical reputation and the Institute became the focal point of specialist dissent from the official line.
94. Dissent is discouraged by the presence of the security forces and the army.
95. Dissent, hitherto confined to a number of intellectuals, became a mass phenomenon with the Protestant Church playing a leading role.
96. During the Prime Minister's speech there were several murmurs of open dissent from the crowd.
97. Not to be outdone, Kim put through a new constitution in the North, also without objection or dissent.
98. Chapter 5 looks at attempts to explain violent political dissent and the surge of revolutionary movements.
99. Soon these combined winds of dissent would grow into a twister of protest.
100. But such philosophical dissent, at this point, is the stuff of dreams in a dreamworld.
101. Judge Pregerson, in his dissent, invoked an individual's right to be left alone.
102. But this year the organization appears more tolerant of such dissent.
103. The document had become the classic of dissent for these young men, each copy painstakingly written out in longhand.
104. I think nobody will dissent from the government's policy.
105. I made a gesture of dissent.
105. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
106. Preventing dissent may discourage creative thinking within the group.
107. Tony Blair, for burying dissent.
108. It is too late now to make any dissent.
109. Even the Japanese dissent indiscreet ways.
110. He felt her shoulders give a wriggle of dissent.
111. Justice Brandeis filed a strong dissent.
112. Justice Brennan filed a strong dissent.
113. Political dissent would no longer be tolerated.
114. None of them dares even mutter dissent.
115. Laws criminalize peaceful expression of peaceful dissent.
116. Yet dissent arose even on that point.
117. He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.
118. The debtor shall, within 15 days after receipt of the order of payment, clear off his debts or submit to the people's court his dissent in writing.
119. Today's council sessions have been carefully stage-managed to avoid embarrassing disclosures or signs of internal dissent.
120. Click here for Posner's opinion, which came in the form of a dissent from the court's denial of a request to hear the case en banc.
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