Assent
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

2 letters

OK
An endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"

3 letters

YEA
An affirmative; "The yeas have it"

NOD
The act of nodding the head

YES
An affirmative; "I was hoping for a yes"

AYE

SET
Several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"

BUY
Acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"

4 letters

OKAY
An endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"

YEAH
Not only so, but; "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice"

AMEN
A primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes

BEAR
Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

SIGN
A character indicating a relation between quantities; "don't forget the minus sign"

OBEY
Be obedient to

5 letters

LEAVE
The act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"

FAITH
Loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"

ADMIT
Afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"

DITTO
A mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated

SAYOK

AGREE
Be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"

YIELD
Production of a certain amount

GRANT
The act of providing a subsidy

TRUST
The trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others; "the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity"

ALLOW
Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

CHECK
The act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure"

DEFER
Yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"

ADOPT
Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"

6 letters

CAVEIN
The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

ACCEPT
Tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"

SETTLE
Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"

GIVEIN
Yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"

COMPLY
Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"

ACCORD
Sympathetic compatibility

PERMIT
Large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

SAYYES

CONCUR
Happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided"

ACCEDE
Yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"

BELIEF
A vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

PLEDGE
A binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"

ENGAGE
Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

PASSON
Cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"

CLINCH
(boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily

CHOICE
The act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

TAKEON
Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"

7 letters

GOAHEAD
Proceed (with a plan of action); "He went ahead with the project"

PROMISE
Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"

GESTURE
Motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling

SHAKEON

BUYINTO
Buy stocks or shares of a company

EMBRACE
A close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family"

ESPOUSE
Take in marriage

CONSENT
Permission to do something; "he indicated his consent"

APPROVE
Give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

CONCEDE
Be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"

CONFORM
Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

8 letters

YIELDING
Lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"

CONTRACT
A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

SANCTION
A mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

PLAYBALL

APPROVAL
The formal act of approving; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person"

SAYUNCLE

SIDEWITH

GIVEFIVE

DOCUMENT
Anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks

FREEWILL
The power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

9 letters

AUTHORIZE
Grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

SUBSCRIBE
Receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day"

ACCESSION
The act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"

ADMISSION
The act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic"

RECOGNIZE
Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

ACQUIESCE
To agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"

AGREEMENT
Compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"

10 letters

PERMISSION
Approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave"

ACCEPTANCE
The act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"

COMPLIANCE
Acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"

CONCESSION
A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park"

SUBMISSION
A legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

VALIDATION
The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

CONFESSION
(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

CONFORMITY
Acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices"

SHAKEHANDS
Take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation

11 letters

RECOGNITION
Designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body; "he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman"

AFFIRMATION
A judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand

COMETOTERMS

CONCURRENCE
Acting together, as agents or circumstances or events

ACKNOWLEDGE
Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

12 letters

ACQUIESCENCE
Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"

KNUCKLEUNDER
Consent reluctantly

GIVEBLESSING

CONFIRMATION
A sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

13 letters

STANDTOGETHER

AUTHORIZATION
The act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

14 letters

DOUCUMENTATION

15 letters

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
A statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"