acquiescence

Meanings

Plural: acquiescences

Noun

• acceptance without protest
• agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
  • "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"
• 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.
• 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.

Synonyms

assent, sufferance

Related Words

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