Assenting

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

assenting
    n 1: agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly);
         "accession to such demands would set a dangerous
         precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
         [syn: {accession}, {assenting}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Assent \As*sent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assented}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Assenting}.] [F. assentir, L. assentire, assentiri; ad +
   sentire to feel, think. See {Sense}.]
   To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement,
   acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.
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         Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also
         assented, saying that these things were so. --Acts
                                                  xxiv. 9.
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         The princess assented to all that was suggested.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   Syn: To yield; agree; acquiesce; concede; concur.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Assenting \As*sent"ing\, a.
   Giving or implying assent. -- {As*sent"ing*ly}, adv.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

49 Moby Thesaurus words for "assenting":
      abject, accepting, accordant, acquiescent, acquiescing,
      affirmative, agreeable, agreed, agreeing, approving, assentatious,
      complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, conceding,
      concessive, consentient, consenting, content, eager, endorsing,
      favorable, nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive,
      nothing loath, obedient, passive, permissive, prompt, ratifying,
      ready, resigned, sanctioning, servile, submissive, subservient,
      supine, unassertive, uncomplaining, ungrudging, unloath,
      unrefusing, unreluctant, unresistant, unresisting, willing