dissent
verb/dɪˈsɛnt/
Frequency rank: #7,123 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to hold or express opinions that are different from those officially accepted.
Example sentence
One judge chose to dissent from the majority opinion on the case.
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