Defn: Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character,
producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan
and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife;
discord; quarrel.
Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them.
Acts xv. 2.
Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. Dryden.
A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
DISSENSIOUS
Dis*sen"sious, a.
Defn: Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] Ascham.
— Dis*sen"sious*ly, adv. Chapman.
DISSENT
Dis*sent", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dissented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissenting.] Etym: [L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel,
think. See Sense.]
1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; — followed by from. The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice. Hallam. Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us. Addison.
2. (Eccl.)
Defn: To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.
3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. Hooker.
DISSENT
Dis*sent", n.
1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement. The dissent of no small number [of peers] is frequently recorded. Hallam.