The act or process of agreeing to something, especially a formal agreement or succession to a position or office.
From Latin 'accedentia,' derived from 'accedere' (to agree). This formal noun evolved in English legal and diplomatic language to describe official agreements and successions.
This is a wonderfully archaic word that appears in documents about treaty negotiations and royal successions—it's the stiff, formal cousin of the word 'yes.' Medieval scribes loved words that sounded important!
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