assentation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   rare: ready, servile, or insincere agreement offered to flatter or please someone

   The minister preferred honest criticism to the assentation of ambitious courtiers.

From Latin assentatio ('flattering agreement'), from assentari ('to agree with repeatedly or flatter'), related to assentire ('to agree'). Its negative coloring distinguishes it from neutral assent.

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