Assentation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence. countable, uncountable

    "August 10, 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust."

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acceptanceaccessionacquiescenceagreementcomplianceconcurrence

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"August 10, 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust."

Etymology

From Latin assentatio. See assent.

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