Definition of acquiescence

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Acquiescence (n.) 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..

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Consent :: Consent (n.) Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission..
Content :: Content (n.) Acquiescence without examination.
Enough :: Enough (adv.) In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough..
Acquiescence :: Acquiescence (n.) Tacit concurrence in the action of another.
Admission :: Admission (n.) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry..
Acquiescency :: Acquiescency (n.) The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
Assent :: Assent (v.) The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.
Reconcile :: Reconcile (v. t.) To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions..
Nail :: Nail (n.) To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap..
Nonacquiescence :: Nonacquiescence (n.) Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.
Assent :: Assent (v. t.) To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession..
Acquiescence :: Acquiescence (n.) 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..
Resignation :: Resignation (n.) The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God..
Acquiescence :: Acquiescence (n.) Submission to an injury by the party injured.
Acceptance :: Acceptance (n.) The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc..
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