assent

Speech parts

1. assent - Noun

2. assent - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

approval consent acquiescence agree sanction concur acquiesce concurrence allow agreement acceptance compliance approve confirmation accord
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Antonyms

dissent fib gull bluff object prevention
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Hypernyms

agreement agree

Hyponyms

acceptance yielding concession connive conceding

Related terms

assentor

Phrases with the word

give assent to give one's assent to with assent to assent in assent with

Derivatives

assented assenting

Anagrams

snaste

Examples

That 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

Close letter words and terms

assemblyperson assemblywoman Assen assentaneous assentation assentator