1. assent - Noun
2. assent - Verb
To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.
The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThat all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. Aldous Huxley
I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization. Chester A. Arthur
You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it. Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma. Abraham Lincoln
Much Madness is divinest Sense -- To a discerning Eye -- Much Sense -- the starkest Madness -- 'Tis the Majority In this, as All, prevail -- Assent -- and you are sane -- Demur -- you're straightway dangerous -- And handled with a Chain. Emily Dickinson
Never assent merely to please. American Proverb