dissent

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voice of dissent When the time came to approve the proposal, there were one or two voices of dissent.

in sports such as football and rugby, the offence of disagreeing with a decision made by a referee :

Rooney was booked for dissent after the referee failed to award United a penalty.

to disagree with other people about something:

dissent from Anyone wishing to dissent from the motion should now raise their hand.

strong difference of opinion; disagreement esp. about official decisions:

There was very little room for dissent or different points of view.

law A dissent is also a legal opinion by a judge in a court that differs from the opinion of most of the other judges of the court.

(of a judge) to offer a legal opinion in a court that differs from the opinion of most of the other judges of the court:

A staunch conservative, he frequently dissented from the court’s majority opinion.