acquiescence
UK/ˌæk.wiːˈɛs.əns/
acquiescence noun: a silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
Noun
acquiescence (countable and uncountable, plural acquiescences)
- A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
- reluctant acquiescence
- sign of acquiescence
- Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
acquiescence meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
acquiescence in Tamil
- தடைச் சொல்லின்றி உடன்படுதல்
acquiescence in Marathi
- acquiescence
- मान्यता mānyatā
acquiescence in Urdu
- اقرار, مرضی, موافقت, رضا, رضامندی
acquiescence in Malayalam
- അംഗീകാരം, അനുമതി, മൗനാനുവാദം, വഴങ്ങിക്കൊടുക്കൽ
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- acquiescence in Kannada
- ಮೌನಸಮ್ಮತಿ
- acquiescence in Sanskrit
- तुष्टि tuṣṭi
- acquiescence in Indonesian
- akuisens
Examples of acquiescence in a sentence
- in acquiescence with
- She nodded in quiet acquiescence.
- His acquiescence to their demands surprised everyone.
- We were accustomed to prompt, if not always cheerful acquiescence to Atticus’s instructions, but from the way he stood Jem was not thinking of budging.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
Synonyms of acquiescence
Forms of acquiescence
| plural | acquiescences |
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Origin of acquiescence
Borrowed from French acquiescence.
Words formed from acquiescence
Questions about acquiescence
- What does acquiescence mean?
- Acquiescence means a silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
- What is acquiescence in Tamil?
- Acquiescence in Tamil is தடைச் சொல்லின்றி உடன்படுதல். See Acquiescence meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use acquiescence in a sentence?
- in acquiescence with
- What part of speech is acquiescence?
- Acquiescence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce acquiescence?
- Acquiescence is pronounced /ˌæk.wiːˈɛs.əns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of acquiescence?
- The plural of acquiescence is acquiescences.
Words near acquiescence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: acquiescence (page history and authors); acquiescence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मान्यता (Marathi) (page history and authors); acquiescence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acquiescence (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acquiescence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); तुष्टि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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