Dissent
Dissent
#489. Dissent. -- N. dissent; discordance &c. (disagreement) 24;
difference diversity of opinion.
- nonconformity &c. (heterodoxy) 984; protestantism, recusancy, schism;
disaffection; secession &c. 624; recantation &c. 607.
- dissension &c. (discord) 713; discontent &c. 832; cavilling.
- protest; contradiction &c. (denial) 536; noncompliance &c. (rejection)
764.
- dissentient, dissenter; non-juror, non-content, nonconformist;
sectary, separatist, recusant, schismatic, protestant, heretic.
- refusal &c. 764.
- V. dissent, demur; call in question &c. (doubt) 485; differ in
opinion, disagree; say no &c. 536; refuse assent, refuse to admit; cavil,
protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate; contradict &c. (deny) 536.
- have no notion of, differ toto caelo[Lat]; revolt at, revolt from the
idea.
- shake the head, shrug the shoulders; look askance, look askant[obs].
- secede; recant &c. 607.
- Adj. dissenting &c. v; negative &c. 536; dissident, dissentient;
unconsenting &c. (refusing) 764; non-content, nonjuring[obs]; protestant,
recusant; unconvinced, unconverted.
- unavowed, unacknowledged; out of the question.
- discontented &c. 832; unwilling &c. 603; extorted.
- sectarian, denominational, schismatic; heterodox; intolerant.
- Adv. no &c. 536; at variance, at issue with; under protest.
- Int. God forbid! not for the world; I'll be hanged if; never tell me;
your humble servant, pardon me.
- Phr. many men many minds; quot homines tot sententiae [Lat][Terence];
tant s'en faut[Fr]; il s'en faut bien[Fr];no way; by no means; count me
out.