dissent
dih-SENTnounMeaning disagreement with an official or majority view
Memory hook DIS-SENT: one vote SENT the other way. Every hand goes up for the new rule except Marcus’s; he sends his vote the other way and says why. His “no” is a dissent.
Only one hand went up in dissent when the class voted for the zoo trip.
In context The proposal passed easily, but not without dissent: two members of the committee wrote a long letter explaining why they thought it was a mistake.
Similar disagreement, objection, opposition, protest
Opposite agreement, consensus, assent
From Latin dissentire, “to differ in feeling”: dis (apart) + sentire (to feel, to think).