Dis"si*dence (?), n. [L. dissidentia: cf. F. dissidence. See Dissident, a.] Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion. I. Taylor.
It is the dissidence of dissent.
Burke.
Dis"si*dent (?), a. [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.] No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
Dis"si*dent, n. (Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidenc&?; as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical usurpation.