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acquiescence
[ak-wee-es-uhns]
noun
the act or condition of acquiescing or giving tacit assent; agreement or consent by silence or without objection; compliance (usually followed by to orin ).
acquiescence to his boss's demands.
Law.Ģżsuch neglect to take legal proceedings for such a long time as to imply the abandonment of a right.
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- nonacquiescence noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of acquiescence1
Example Sentences
The most disturbing thing about it is the silence, the acquiescence, the normalization.
āEndorsement doesnāt mean approval or acquiescence,ā the group noted.
āBecause to keep him in place is permission, is acquiescence, is acceptance of which is happening in Palestine, and what is happening in Palestine is genocide.ā
Every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt would be appalled at the Republicansā acquiescence to Russiaās aggression.
He thought the silence was a sign of complete, not complicity, but of terrified acquiescence to a kind of enslavement, and he was not having it.
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