acquiescence
nounUK /ˌæk.wiːˈɛs.əns/
Etymology Borrowed from French acquiescence.
1
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
- reluctant acquiescence
- sign of acquiescence
4 more examples
- in acquiescence with
- She nodded in quiet acquiescence.
- His acquiescence to their demands surprised everyone.
- We were accustomed to prompt, if not always cheerful acquiescence to Atticus’s instructions, but from the way he stood Jem was not thinking of budging.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
2
Law Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
- Synonyms
- sufferance
- Derived terms
- nonacquiescence
- Related terms
- acquiesce