Both Uses of
dissent
in
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
- Notwithstanding our wisdom, there is a visible feebleness in some of our proceedings which gives encouragement to dissensions.†
Chpt Appe
- WHEREFORE, instead of gazing at each other with suspicious or doubtful curiosity; let each of us, hold out to his neighbour the hearty hand of friendship, and unite in drawing a line, which, like an act of oblivion shall bury in forgetfulness every former dissension.†
Chpt Appe *dissension = disagreement or conflict
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.