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acquiescement

acquiescement noun: acquiescence (assent, submission).

Noun

acquiescement (plural acquiescements)

  1. (rare) Acquiescence (assent, submission).
    • Though this set a muttering all whose fists had not been greased; yet those who had been paid for backing this proposal, being men of too good a conscience not to earn their hire, stickled so powerfully for their necessitated sovereign, and represented in such colors the desirable happiness and...1851, William Starbuck Mayo, Romance Dust From the Historic Placer, New York, N.Y.: Geo. P. Putnam; London: Richard Bentley, page 276

Forms of acquiescement

pluralacquiescements

Origin of acquiescement

Borrowed from French acquiescement, equivalent to acquiesce + -ment.

Questions about acquiescement

What does acquiescement mean?
Acquiescement means acquiescence (assent, submission).
What part of speech is acquiescement?
Acquiescement is a noun.
What is the plural of acquiescement?
The plural of acquiescement is acquiescements.

Words near acquiescement in the dictionary

  1. acqui-hired
  2. acqui-hires
  3. acqui-hiring
  4. acquiesce
  5. acquiesced
  6. acquiescement
  7. acquiescence
  8. acquiescences
  9. acquiescencies
  10. acquiescency
  11. acquiescent

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