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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

assentatio

. See

, v.]

Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.

Abject flattery and indiscriminate

assentation

degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.

Ld. Chesterfield.

Noun.

[L. assentatio, from assentor, to comply.]

Compliance with the opinion of another, from flattery or dissimulation.

assentation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural assentations)

Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.
Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. — Lord Chesterfield.