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Acquiescence

Acquiescence Meaning & Definition
Acquiescence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acquiescence?

[n] agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"
[n] acceptance without protest

Synonyms | Synonyms for Acquiescence: assent

Related Terms | Find terms related to Acquiescence: acceptance | acceptation | acception | accession | accommodation | accord | accordance | adaptation | adaption | adjustment | affirmation | affirmative | affirmative voice | agreeability | agreeableness | agreement | agreement in principle | alacrity | allegiance | amenability | approbation | approval | ardor | assent | assentation | assurance | assuredness | aye | belief | blessing | certainty | cheerful consent | complaisance | compliance | concurrence | confidence | conformance | conformation other-direction | conformity | congruity | connivance | consent | consistency | conventionality | cooperativeness | correspondence | credence | credit | credulity | deference | dependence | docility | duteousness | dutifulness | eagerness | endorsement | enthusiasm | faith | favorable disposition | favorableness | fealty | flexibility | forwardness | gameness | general agreement | goodwill | harmony | hearty assent | homage | hope | humbleness | humility | keeping | kneeling | line | loyalty | malleability | meekness | nonopposal | nonopposition | nonresistance | nonviolent resistance | obedience | obediency | obeisance | observance | OK | okay | orthodoxy | passive resistance | passiveness | passivity | permission | pliability | pliancy | promptitude | promptness | Quakerism | quietism | ratification | readiness | reception | receptive mood | receptiveness | receptivity | reconcilement | reconciliation | reliance | reliance on | resignation | resignedness | responsiveness | right mood | sanction | service | servility | servitium | stock | store | strictness | subjection | submission | submissiveness | submittal | suit and service | suit service | supineness | support | sureness | surety | suspension of disbelief | tractability | traditionalism | trust | uncomplainingness | ungrudgingness | uniformity | unloathness | unreluctance | warm assent | welcome | willing ear | willing heart | willingness | yielding | zeal | zealousness

See Also | acceptance | acceptance | agreement | conceding | concession | yielding

Acquiescence In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac`qui*es"cence\, n. [Cf. F. acquiescence.] 1. A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction. 2. (Crim. Law) (a) Submission to an injury by the party injured. (b) Tacit concurrence in the action of another. --Wharton.

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