Question

Assent:

Answer 1

The measure passed with majority assent.

The word that correctly completes the sentence is assent. The words assent and ascent are homophones, but have completely different definitions as seen in the question. The sentence could be rephrased to say that the meausre passed with the majority of people expressing agreement, which is why assent, rather than ascent, is the correct word choice.

Answer 2

Assent (noun) is the answer to the question. Hope this helped :)