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dissenting

British pronunciation/dɪsˈɛntɪŋ/
American pronunciation/dɪˈsɛnɪŋ/, /dɪˈsɛntɪŋ/
dissenting
[ADJECTIVE]
1

having or giving opinions that differ from those officially or commonly accepted

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Examples
1- I did this, a dissenting.
2The Court split seven to two with Justices Byron White and William Rehnquist dissenting.
3And the Supreme Court in a surprisingly lopsided opinion by the Chief Justice with only Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg dissenting concluded, um, that the state lost.
4The Court split 7-2, with Justices Byron White and William Rehnquist dissenting, as the nine justices made abortion largely a private matter.
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