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

especially : tryst

returned from an assignation with his mistress

—W. B. Yeats

Synonyms

• appointment
• date
• rendezvous

Examples of assignation in a Sentence

a midnight assignation between adulterers at a downtown hotel

Recent Examples on the Web

Oh, also, that little assignation takes place during Talleyrand’s engagement party, which swiftly segues into a massive pansexual orgy, as such events so often do! —Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025

What begins as an anonymous assignation in a dark park becomes a serious relationship. —Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 May 2025

Taylor was booked into the Polk County Jail on Thursday and was charged with negligent child abuse without bodily harm and soliciting another for prostitution, lewdness or assignation. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025

Madonna, shot in black and white, is seen walking down a hotel hallway toward an assignation, limping slightly in heels and a black raincoat, clutching her head as if in pain. —Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for assignation

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation