Order? I dissent, being awkward (8)
I believe the answer is:
tidiness
'order?' is the definition.
(tidiness is a kind of order)
'i dissent being awkward' is the wordplay.
'being awkward' indicates anagramming the letters.
'i'+'dissent'='idissent'
'idissent' anagrammed gives 'TIDINESS'.
(Other definitions for tidiness that I've seen before include "Quality of neatness and orderliness" , "good order" , "Orderly quality" , "Insisted on neatness." , "sense of order" .)