assignation
noun
as·sig·na·tion
ˌa-sig-ˈnā-shən 
1
: the act of assigning or the assignment made
2
: an appointment of time and place for a meeting
Examples of assignation in a Sentence
a midnight assignation between adulterers at a downtown hotel
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Without spoiling much of anything, TVLine can say that an upcoming episode will deal with at least one of the characters’ feelings about the quasi-consensual assignation.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
Seems the Trump rally leaping, advertiser losing and Kamala Harris assignation joking Musk is the issue, as is so often the case in such suits of late.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
The musician, Ansel Fleming (Ivy typically refers to him by his full name, like Charlie Brown), has come not for an assignation but, rather, for a sort of blind date.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
That the single assignation in Lake Tahoe on July 13, 2006 occurred when first-time mother Melania was home in New York with infant Barron, who would celebrate his four-month birthday four days later, adds to the tawdriness, but not the legal exposure.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
Seems the Trump rally leaping, advertiser losing and Kamala Harris assignation joking Musk is the issue, as is so often the case in such suits of late.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
The musician, Ansel Fleming (Ivy typically refers to him by his full name, like Charlie Brown), has come not for an assignation but, rather, for a sort of blind date.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
That the single assignation in Lake Tahoe on July 13, 2006 occurred when first-time mother Melania was home in New York with infant Barron, who would celebrate his four-month birthday four days later, adds to the tawdriness, but not the legal exposure.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024
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“Assignation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assignation. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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