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Definition of "dissenting" []

  • Present participle of dissent. (verb)

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Use "dissenting" in a sentence
  • "Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson gave it vivid expression many years ago when he said, in dissenting from a free-speech decision he thought doctrinaire, that the Bill of Rights should not be made into a suicide pact."
  • "However, I disagree that he is an evil choice, that somehow Notre Dame is dissenting from the Catholic Church by selecting him."
  • "What began as an individual cri de coeur became an international movement working to protect anyone imprisoned for the expression of dissenting opinion."