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Acquiescent

Acquiescent Meaning & Definition
Acquiescent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acquiescent?

[adj] willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"; "a gentle and biddable soul"; "children compliant with the parental will"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Acquiescent: biddable | compliant | obedient

Related Terms | Find terms related to Acquiescent: abject | accepting | accommodating | accordant | acquiescing | adaptable | adapting | adaptive | adjustable | adjusting | affirmative | agreeable | agreed | agreeing | alacritous | amenable | approving | ardent | assentatious | assenting | complaisant | compliable | compliant | complying | conceding | concessive | conformable | conforming | consentient | consenting | content | cooperative | devoted | disposed | docile | duteous | dutiful | eager | endorsing | enthusiastic | fain | faithful | favorable | favorably disposed | favorably inclined | flexible | forward | game | humble | in the mind | in the mood | inclined | law-abiding | loyal | malleable | meek | minded | nondissenting | nonresistant | nonresisting | nonresistive | nothing loath | obedient | other-directed | passive | permissive | plastic | pliant | predisposed | prompt | prone | quick | ratifying | ready | ready and willing | receptive | reconciled | resigned | responsive | sanctioning | servile | submissive | subservient | supine | tractable | unassertive | uncomplaining | ungrudging | unloath | unrefusing | unreluctant | unresistant | unresisting | well-disposed | well-inclined | willed | willing | willinghearted | yielding | zealous

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Acquiescent In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac`qui*es"cent\, a. [L. acquiescens, -centis; p. pr.] Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.

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