dissent vs decent vs descent

Definitions

verb

1. express opposition through action or words
2. withhold assent
3. be of different opinions

noun

1. a difference of opinion
2. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
3. (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority

Examples

Baffler editors have called commodification of dissent stretches back to Adorno and Horkheimer's Dialectic of Enlightenment and is alive and well in what he calls the "alienation market" in which films like Fahrenheit 9 / 11 either already have or are destined to make bundles (relatively speaking, of course).

Their readings have roots in and derive their stimulus from historical and political schema of dissent outlined in the biblical narratives.

Andrews assumes that the lyric poet's freedom to dissent is only the freedom to say ‘yes’ to the American ideology - individualism.

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adjective

1. observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
2. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
3. in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
4. conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
5. sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public

adverb

1. in the right manner; correctly; suitably

Examples

Hopefully, North Norfolk will soon shake off this surreal obsession with the Lib Dems and embrace their NE Cambs neighbour's decent Tory stance.

The major problem is punters here expect a diet of top-class football along with decent grub.

The group had cobbled together a few decent songs.

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noun

1. the act of changing your location in a downward direction
2. a movement downward
3. the descendants of one individual
4. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
5. a downward slope or bend

Examples

You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.

I got off it and he was incandescent with rage, much of which was to impress the owners.

The difference in turn-on time would generally not be noticeable for standard household incandescent bulbs, since they turn on very quickly.

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