Acquiescence

Word ACQUIESCENCE
Character 12
Hyphenation ac qui es cence
Pronunciations /ˈæk.wiːˌɛs.əns/

Definitions and meanings of "Acquiescence"

What do we mean by acquiescence?

Passive assent or agreement without protest. noun

The state of being acquiescent. noun

The act of acquiescing or giving tacit assent; a silent submission, or submission with apparent consent. noun

In law, such neglect to take legal proceedings in opposition to a matter as implies consent thereto. noun

Originally, but now rarely, contentment; satisfaction. In the ethics of Spinoza, acquiescence in one's very self is an ignoble self-satisfaction; but acquiescence of the soul in the knowledge of God is the highest result of virtue. noun

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction. noun

Submission to an injury by the party injured. noun

Tacit concurrence in the action of another. noun

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; - distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction. noun

Submission to an injury by the party injured, or tacit concurrence in the action of another. noun

Acceptance without protest noun

Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something noun

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

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.

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The word "acquiescence" in example sentences

Mr. Lieberman has been able to shield personal condemnation because of the anti-Semitic taboo, but his behavior and actions have become so outrageous, so intolerable and so duplicitous that acquiescence is no longer acceptable. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I will continue to point the finger outwards as well as inwards because comfort and acquiescence is a dangerous thing. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He bowed low in acquiescence, though he would willingly have left her there. ❋ Pauline Elizabeth (1902)

Tears of joy she shed over me, and thanked me for the tranquil and serene close which my return to virtue, as she called my acquiescence, had secured to her life. ❋ Charles Brockden Brown (1790)

To rest in the law, with a rest of complacency and acquiescence, is good; but to rest in it with a rest of pride, and slothfulness, and carnal security, is the ruin of souls. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Raffel denied that pro-Israel forces have used the "no daylight" argument to win American acquiescence to Israeli policies, while Israel's leaders feel no obligation to support U.S. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I wrote yesterday that UBS’ acquiescence is a victory for the U.S., and a small first step in the much larger fight against tax evasion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Henry determined that the strongest incentive he could offer to secure her acquiescence was the continuation of her household on nearly the same scale it enjoyed prior to Elizabeth's birth. ❋ Unknown (2008)

From this kind of knowledge arises the highest possible mental acquiescence, that is (Def of the Emotions, xxv.), pleasure, and this acquiescence is accompanied by the idea of the mind itself ❋ Unknown (2007)

God or to the mind, it may rightly be called acquiescence of spirit, which (Def. of the Emotions, xxv. xxx.) is not really distinguished from glory. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It is this manifestation of what may be described as acquiescence in any development that enabled the British flying corps, although numerically inferior, to gain its mastery of the air so unostentatiously and yet so completely. ❋ Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot (N/A)

Remembering my dear lady's parting injunctions, I nodded in acquiescence. ❋ Unknown (1912)

The splendid fire and unmeasured vehemence of Mr. Carlyle's manner partially veil the depth of this acquiescence, which is really not so far removed from fatalism. ❋ John Morley (1880)

If their acquiescence was a mere pretence, what trust can we place in the assertion that they accept the arrangement of 1893? ❋ Albert Venn Dicey (1878)

I think there is a possibility of an analogy, but I think the analogy is inappropriate with respect to the notion of acquiescence under the Convention Against Torture. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perhaps the acquiescence was a sham: the Press Club vets questions, according to a friend and writer who's endured some of its confabs, so maybe dissidents wanted to object but couldn't. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It doesn't separate you from McCain and Palin in any meaningful way --- it's a kind of acquiescence, a gentlewoman's quarrel with her political masters. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The problem with this kind of acquiescence is that these “threats” seem to come only from our own government. ❋ Unknown (2008)

How did we get to the point that this kind of acquiescence in the independence of the university could be permitted? ❋ Unknown (2005)

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