dissent
verb (used without object)
to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed byfrom ).
dissenting
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present participleof dissent.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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a word derived from
dissent.
dissentverb (used without object)to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed byfrom ).
Example Sentences
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Bush, disagreed and published a dissenting opinion Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Former Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who now serves as the mayor of Oakland, cast the only dissenting vote.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
"The battle for succession has largely remained an in-house rather than a national matter following the weakening of political institutions and the crushing of dissenting voices," said Waluya.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
And as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned in her solo dissenting opinion from the per curiam order, the real issue is not that the court punted a decision on the merits here.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
According to Andrews and a dissenting California Supreme Court judge, the ruling didn’t prevent commercialization; it just took patients out of the equation and emboldened scientists to commodify tissues in increasing numbers.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
