Dissented

Synonyms for "dissented" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Verb(2 words)

Strong matches (2)

Verb(2 words)
disagreedissenting opinion

Related words (4)

Verb(4 words)
dissenting viewformal objectionopposewrite a separate opinion

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries
disagreementformal objectionjudicial procedurelegal writingnonconformityopposition

More specific

6 entries
contest the decisiondispute the majoritydissenting opinionminority viewoppose the rulingseparate opinion

Collocations

6 entries
academic dissentdissenting opiniondissenting stancelegal dissentmoral dissentpolitical dissent

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He dissented from the opinion of the majority.

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The vote was 7‒2, with liberal justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer joining the majority. The two other liberal justices on the court — Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor — dissented.

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