Both Uses of
dissent
in
Billy Budd
- Rest assured that His Majesty will be delighted to know that in a time when his hard tack is not sought for by sailors with such avidity as should be; a time also when some shipmasters privily resent the borrowing from them a tar or two for the service; His Majesty, I say, will be delighted to learn that one shipmaster at least cheerfully surrenders to the King, the flower of his flock, a sailor who with equal loyalty makes no dissent.†
Chpt 1dissent = to disagree; or disagreement
- ...though at bottom they dissented from some points Captain Vere had put to them,
Chpt 21 *dissented = disagreed
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.