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Adjective dissenting has 1 sense
  1. dissentient, dissenting, dissident - disagreeing, especially with a majority
    Antonyms: affirmative, affirmatory (indirect, via negative)
,Verb dissent has 3 senses
  1. dissent - withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented"
    --1 is one way to     disagree, differ, dissent, take issue
    Antonyms: assent, accede, acquiesce
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  2. protest, resist, dissent - express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
    --2 is one way to oppose, controvert, contradict
    Derived forms: noun dissent3, noun dissenter1
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  3. disagree, differ, dissent, take issue - be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"
    Derived forms: noun dissent2, noun dissent1, noun dissension2, noun dissension1, noun dissenter1
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