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rare: ready, servile, or insincere agreement offered to flatter or please someone
The minister preferred honest criticism to the assentation of ambitious courtiers.
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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.