assent

Of course, the nation’s betrayal of radical Reconstruction and its assent to the “Lost Cause” occasioned the return of the Klan and the horrors of the world that sanctioned their existence.

I’m not expressing assent or dissent with the morality of that position — I just can’t be drawn into a debate about the administration’s immigration policy.

Osbourne assented that Rivers had made it easier for her and "other independent, outspoken women" to be themselves.

“What in the name of—” he began, but checked himself and laughingly assented.