assent

Roget category 488

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.5. Results of reasoning
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#488. Assent

noun

assent, assentment^† — acquiescence, admission — nod — accord, concord, concordance — agreement etc. 23 — affirmance, affirmation — recognition, acknowledgment, avowal — confession of faith.
unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi — popular belief, current belief, current opinion — public opinion — concurrence etc. (of causes) 178 — cooperation etc. (voluntary) 709.
ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance, visa — indorsement etc. (record) 551^†.
consent etc. (compliance) 762.
pressure to conform, herd instinct, peer pressure.

verb

assent — give assent, yield assent, nod assent — acquiesce — agree etc. 23 — receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with — be at one with etc. adj. — go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with — echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion — vote, give one's voice for — recognize — subscribe to, conform to, defer to — say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.
acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess — concede etc. (yield) 762 — come round to — abide by — permit etc. 760.
arrive at an understanding, come to an understanding, come to terms, come to an agreement.
confirm, affirm — ratify, appprove, indorse, countersign — corroborate etc. 467.
go with the stream, swim with the stream, go with the flow, blow with the wind — be in fashion, join in the chorus, join the crowd, be one of the guys, be part of the group, go with the crowd, don't make waves — be in every mouth.

adjective

assenting etc. v. — of one accord, of one mind — of the same mind, at one with, agreed, acquiescent, content — willing etc. 602.
uncontradicted, unchallenged, unquestioned, uncontroverted.
carried, agreed, nem.
con. [Lat.], nemine contradicente [Lat.], etc. adv. — unanimous — agreed on all hands, carried by acclamation.
affirmative etc. 535.

adverb

yes, yea, ay, aye, true — good — well — very well, very true — well and good — granted — even so, just so — to be sure, 'thou hast said'," you said it, you said a mouthful — truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes [Lat.], ex concesso [Lat.] — of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless — naturally, natch.
be it so — so be it, so let it be — amen — willingly etc. 602.
affirmatively, in the affirmative.
OK, all right, might as well, why not —? with one consent, with one voice, with one accord — unanimously, una voce, by common consent, in chorus, to a man — nem.
con, nemine contradicente [Lat.] — nemine dissentiente [Lat.] — without a dissentient voice — as one man, one and all, on all hands.

phrase

avec plaisir [Fr.] — chi tace accousente [It] — the public mind is the creation of the Master- the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers" [Disraeli]; you bet your sweet ass it is — what are we waiting for —? whenever you're ready — anytime you're ready.

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