Usually means: Disagreement or opposition to majority.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word dissent:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. dissent: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Dissent, dissent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dissent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dissent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dissent: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dissent, dissent: Wordnik
  7. dissent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dissent: Wiktionary
  9. dissent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dissent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dissent: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. dissent: Dictionary.com
  13. dissent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. dissent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Dissent (American magazine), Dissent (Australian magazine), Dissent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Dissent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. dissent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. dissent: Rhymezone
  19. dissent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. dissent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. dissent: Free Dictionary
  22. dissent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. dissent: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. dissent: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. dissent: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. dissent: Legal dictionary
  10. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dissent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. dissent: Medical dictionary

(Note: See dissented as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
verb:  (intransitive) To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
verb:  (obsolete) To be different; to have contrary characteristics.
noun:  Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
noun:  An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
noun:  (Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
noun:  (sports) 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.

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