assent

assent
noun
ADJECTIVE
common (BrE), general, universal

Medicine is, by common assent, a good profession.

There was general assent about his achievements.

royal (in the UK)

The Education Act received the royal assent in 1944.

VERB + ASSENT
give (sth), grant (esp. BrE)

The government gave their assent to the project.

withhold
obtain, receive (esp. BrE)
nod

He nodded his assent when I asked if I could leave.

PREPOSITION
in assent

She smiled in assent.

with sb's assent, without sb's assent

Without the assent of the major states, nothing will ever change.

The raising of taxes without the assent of Parliament was declared illegal.

PHRASES
a murmur of assent, a nod of assent

The suggestion was greeted with a murmur of assent.


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