“refusing for a decade” since the patriarch finally “surrendered.” “Assent” is
the best choice because it means agreement. “Ascent” (climb up), “dissent
(disagreement), and “descent” (climb down) do not fit the text and are
essentially phonetic tricks. “Assertion” does not fit because he cannot “give
his assertion.” Rather, he would “assert” something.
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