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assent

noun/əˈsent/

B2CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Willing agreement or approval, particularly that of a child or person who cannot give full legal consent.

Although her parents give legal consent, we also seek the child's assent so she feels involved in the decision.

Similar: agreement, approval

Topic: Consent & explaining in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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