51³Ō¹Ļ

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acquiescence

[ak-wee-es-uhns]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. Law.Ģżsuch neglect to take legal proceedings for such a long time as to imply the abandonment of a right.



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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • nonacquiescence noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of acquiescence1

First recorded in 1625–35; acquiesce + -ence
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Example Sentences

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The most disturbing thing about it is the silence, the acquiescence, the normalization.

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ā€œEndorsement doesn’t mean approval or acquiescence,ā€ the group noted.

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ā€œBecause 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€

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Every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt would be appalled at the Republicans’ acquiescence to Russia’s aggression.

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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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