Third-person singular present tense of 'dissent' (expresses disagreement); plural of 'dissent' (individual expressions of disagreement, especially formal judicial opinions).
From Latin dissentire. The verb form adds the third-person -s ending; the noun plural does the same. Supreme Court 'dissents' are famous legal documents.
Supreme Court dissents are remarkably powerful—they're literally how judges on the losing side of a decision write their disagreement into the permanent legal record, sometimes influencing the law decades later.
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