assignation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: as=sig=na=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

assignation, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare: cf. F. assignation.].

•  The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.  [1913 Webster]

  "This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces."  [1913 Webster]
•  An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.  [1913 Webster]

  "While nymphs take treats, or assignations give."  [1913 Webster]
•  A making over by transfer of title; assignment.  [1913 Webster]

House of assignation, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

assignation, n.
1 a an appointment to meet. b a secret appointment, esp. between illicit lovers.
2 the act or an instance of assigning or being assigned.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L assignatio -onis (as ASSIGN, -ATION)

THESAURUS

assignation

abalienation, accounting for, agreement, alienation, amortization, amortizement, answerability, application, appointment, arrangement, arrogation, ascription, assemblee, assembly, assignation house, assignment, at home, attachment, attribution, ball, bargain and sale, barter, bequeathal, blame, brawl, caucus, cession, charge, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, conferment, conferral, congregation, congress, connection with, consignation, consignment, conventicle, convention, conveyance, conveyancing, convocation, council, credit, dance, date, deeding, deliverance, delivery, demise, derivation from, diet, disposal, disposition, eisteddfod, enfeoffment, etiology, exchange, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, gathering, get-together, giving, honor, housewarming, imputation, lease and release, levee, love nest, meet, meeting, meeting place, palaetiology, panel, party, place of assignation, placement, plenum, prom, quorum, rally, reception, reference to, rendezvous, responsibility, saddling, sale, seance, session, settlement, settling, shindig, sit-in, sitting, soiree, surrender, symposium, synod, trading, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, tryst, turnout, understanding, vesting

ROGET THESAURUS

assignation

Sociality

N sociality, sociability, sociableness, social intercourse, consociation, intercourse, intercommunity, consortship, companionship, comradeship, clubbism, esprit de corps, conviviality, good fellowship, good company, joviality, jollity, savoir vivre, festivity, festive board, merrymaking, loving cup, hospitality, heartiness, cheer, welcome, welcomeness, greeting, hearty welcome, hearty reception, warm reception, urbanity, familiarity, good fellow, jolly fellow, bon enfant, bawcock, social circle, family circle, circle of acquaintance, coterie, society, company, social gathering, social reunion, assembly, barbecue, bee, corn-husking, corn-shucking, house raising, barn raising, husking, husking-bee, infare, party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione, soiree, matin_ee, evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party, kettle, kettle drum, partie carr_ee, dish of tea, ridotto, rout, housewarming, ball, festival, smoker, smoker-party, sociable, stag party, hen party, tamasha, tea-party, tea-fight, (amusement), the feast of reason and the flow of soul, birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve party, Thanksgiving Day Dinner, bonenkai, wedding reception, visiting, round of visits, call, morning call, interview, assignation, tryst, trysting place, appointment, club, sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable, cosy, cosey, chatty, conversational, homiletical, convivial, festive, festal, jovial, jolly, hospitable, welcome, welcome as the roses in May, f=eted, entertained, free and easy, hall fellow well met, familiar, on visiting terms, acquainted, social, neighborly, international, gregarious, en famille, in the family circle, sans fa, arm in arm, a crowd is not company, be bright and jovial among your guests tonight, his worth is warrant for his welcome, let's be red with mirth, welcome the coming speed the parting guest.