assentnoun [ U ]
uk/əˈsent/us/əˈsent/formalofficial agreement to or approval of an idea, plan, or request:
Once the directors have given their assent to the proposal we can begin.
She nodded her assent to the proposal.
UK Before an Act of Parliament can become law, it needs to receive Royal Assent (= an official signature) from the monarch.
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dissent noun
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Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- countenance
- court
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- settlement
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
- without a murmur idiom
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assentverb [ I ]
uk/əˈsent/us/əˈsent/formalto agree to or give official approval to something:
Have they assented to the terms of the contract?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- countenance
- court
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- settlement
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
- without a murmur idiom
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