dissent
to disagree or hold a different opinion
Roots
- dis- / dif-: apart, away, not, reversal, or disruption
- sent / sens: feel, sense, perceive, or think
Other words with the sent / sens root
- insensible: unable to feel, notice, or respond
- sensation: a feeling or perception
- sensational: exciting, dramatic, or meant to stir feeling
- sense: feeling or perception
- sentiment: feeling or opinion
- sentimental: too strongly shaped by tender feeling
Dis- gives apart and sent / sens gives feeling or judgment. To dissent is to feel or judge apart from the group.
One judge dissented because the evidence pointed another way.