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Disagreement voiced on the way down (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dissent

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'disagreement' is the definition.
(I know that dissent is a type of disagreement)

'voiced on the way down' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'way' could be 's' (Compass direction - South) and 's' is present in the answer.
'down' could be 'd' and 'd' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for dissent that I've seen before include "Objection" , "Opposition" , "Dispute" , "Express disagreement" , "Difference of opinion - snidest (anag)" .)

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