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

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  1. n. Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.
  2. 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.
  3. Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical orpretended concurrence.Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much asindiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. Ld.Chesterfield.
  4. n. Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.