Both Uses of
dissent
in
Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding
- This, says a certain learned author, who, I believe, was never quoted before in any but a law-book, would be the means of creating an eternal dissension between them.†
Book 2dissension = disagreement or conflict
- had it continued much longer, fresh matter of dissension would, most probably, have arisen between the brother and sister;
Book 16 *dissension = disagreement
Definition:
to disagree; or disagreement or conflict -- typically between people who cooperate, and often with official or majority beliefs
A Supreme Court dissenting opinion is a written opinion that represents the beliefs of one or more justices who disagreed with the majority.