acquiescent
adjUK /æˈkwi.ɛsn̩t/
Etymology From Latin acquiescens (present participle of acquiēscō).
1
Willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance.
- This view is reflected in the novelist's stock portrait of the white-man-in-exile's dusky mistress; an acquiescent shadow, who comes to life only if thrown aside, when, sinister and vindictive, she is ready with the wasting poison.1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:
- The third role, acquiescent was mostly identified in the interviews when students highlighted their willingness to accept suggested placements [...] and stressed that they could adapt to given conditions...2025, Robert Walldén, Åsa Wedin, “Oral interaction patterns in work-related activities in teaching and interviews for language practice placements: L2 teaching for adults in Sweden,”, in Classroom Discourse, page 15:
2
Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit.
- an acquiescent policy
- Synonyms
- complicit, assenting, agreeable, acquiescent, pleased, consenting, obliging, prepared, ultroneous, willing
- Antonyms
- inacquiescent, unagreeable, unconsenting, unwilling
- Derived terms
- acquiescently, inacquiescent, nonacquiescent, unacquiescent