Assent vs Affirmation - What's the difference?
assent | affirmation | Related terms |
To agree to, give approval.
* Macaulay
To admit a thing as true.
* Bible, Acts xxiv. 9
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
Assent is a related term of affirmation.
As nouns the difference between assent and affirmation
is that assent is agreement, act of agreeing while affirmation is that which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.As a verb assent
is to agree to, give approval.assent
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Verb
(en verb)- The princess assented to all that was suggested.
- And the Jews also assented , saying that these things were so.
