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Definition of Acquiesce

Acquiesce To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition. Related Definitions: Accept, Acquiesce, Also, An, And, Apparently, As, Assent, But, By, Concur, Consent, Conviction, Discontent, Far, Followed, Forbear, Formerly, Heartily, Implying, In, Not, Object, Omitting, Opinion, Opposition, Or, Previous, Rest, Satisfied, Silence, So, To, Upon, With, Without

Acquiesce Quotations The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. Robert Frost Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality. Phillip E. Johnson Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them in advance, they might find endless objections. Robert Dale Owen

Acquiesce Translations acquiesce in German is hinnehmen, einwilligen, dulden acquiesce in Italian is acconsentire, sopportare acquiesce in Spanish is aguantar acquiesce in Swedish is samtycka

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