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Assent vs Submission - What's the difference?

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Assent is a related term of submission.


As nouns the difference between assent and submission

is that assent is agreement, act of agreeing while submission is the act of submitting.

As a verb assent

is to agree to, give approval.

assent

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To agree to, give approval.
  • * Macaulay
    • The princess assented to all that was suggested.
  • To admit a thing as true.
  • * Bible, Acts xxiv. 9
    • And the Jews also assented , saying that these things were so.

    Synonyms

    * accede *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • agreement, act of agreeing
    • I will give this act my assent .

    Related terms

    * assentor

    Synonyms

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    Anagrams

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    submission

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of submitting.
  • The thing which has been submitted.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}
  • A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.

    • Synonyms

    * (act of submitting) acquiescence, capitulation, concession, giving in, submittal, obeyance, yielding * (thing submitted) submittal

    Antonyms

    * (act of submitting) rebellion, control