assignation vs assignment vs assassination
Definitions
noun
- the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
- a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
Examples
And so, with great delight, the two close friends set out to prove they have lost none of their pluck or zest for life and through various assignations and mistaken identities turn the tables beautifully on Falstaff.
Initials meant secret assignations, though there were no locations.
He had already made a few assignations with the lowlife drug dealers who frequented the place.
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noun
- the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
- a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
- an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
Examples
I have returned to campus enlivened by a sense of professional renewal, and I have developed course syllabi, assignments, and activities that incorporate many ideas from my fellowship experiences.
The latest strategy is now seen dropping unsupported accusations across the media spectrum to the effect that the intelligence agency's assignment of Ambassador Joseph Wilson to look into the now-discredited Iraq/Niger/uranium claims were all part of a long-term insidious scheme to try and discredit the Bush Administration.
From his driveway, Benelli dispatches patrol cars and sends officers to new assignments.
Definitions
noun
- murder of a public figure by surprise attack
- an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
Examples
To buttress his stance that the Church sanctioned such assassinations, Petit drew on Thomas Aquinas and other theologians, but the defense rested on John of Salisbury's explicit theories about the legitimacy of tyrannicide.
Labor Party leaders have denounced the talk as an attempt by the right to escape indirect blame for the assassination.
So he induces Ray to offer Jonathan a vast sum of money to undertake an assassination in Berlin - money which the seriously ill and impecunious Jonathan badly needs.
