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acquiescence

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CIDE DICTIONARY

acquiescencen. [Cf. F. acquiescence.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Submission to an injury by the party injured.  Wharton.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

acquiescence

OK, Quakerism, acceptance, acceptation, acception, accession, accommodation, accord, accordance, adaptation, adaption, adjustment, affirmation, affirmative, affirmative voice, agreeability, agreeableness, agreement, agreement in principle, alacrity, allegiance, amenability, approbation, approval, ardor, assent, assentation, assurance, assuredness, aye, belief, blessing, certainty, cheerful consent, complaisance, compliance, concurrence, confidence, conformance, conformation other-direction, conformity, congruity, connivance, consent, consistency, conventionality, cooperativeness, correspondence, credence, credit, credulity, deference, dependence, docility, duteousness, dutifulness, eagerness, endorsement, enthusiasm, faith, favorable disposition, favorableness, fealty, flexibility, forwardness, gameness, general agreement, goodwill, harmony, hearty assent, homage, hope, humbleness, humility, keeping, kneeling, line, loyalty, malleability, meekness, nonopposal, nonopposition, nonresistance, nonviolent resistance, obedience, obediency, obeisance, observance, okay, orthodoxy, passive resistance, passiveness, passivity, permission, pliability, pliancy, promptitude, promptness, quietism, ratification, readiness, reception, receptive mood, receptiveness, receptivity, reconcilement, reconciliation, reliance, reliance on, resignation, resignedness, responsiveness, right mood, sanction, service, servility, servitium, stock, store, strictness, subjection, submission, submissiveness, submittal, suit and service, suit service, supineness, support, sureness, surety, suspension of disbelief, tractability, traditionalism, trust, uncomplainingness, ungrudgingness, uniformity, unloathness, unreluctance, warm assent, welcome, willing ear, willing heart, willingness, yielding, zeal, zealousness

ROGET THESAURUS

acquiescence

Consent

N consent, assent, acquiescence, approval, compliance, agreement, concession, yieldance, yieldingness, accession, acknowledgment, acceptance, agnition, settlement, ratification, confirmation, adjustment, permit, promise, consenting, squeezable, agreed, unconditional, OK, yes, by all means, no problem, if you please, as you please, be it so, so be it, well and good, of course, please do, don't hesitate, chi tace accousente.

Observance

N observance, performance, compliance, acquiescence, concurrence, obedience, fulfillment, satisfaction, discharge, acquittance, acquittal, adhesion, acknowledgment, fidelity, exact, observance, observant, faithful, true, loyal, honorable, true as the dial to the sun, true as the needle to the pole, punctual, punctilious, literal, as good as one's word, faithfully, ignoscito saepe alteri nunquam tibi, tempori parendum, to God, thy country, and thy friend be true.

Assent

N assent, assentment, acquiescence, admission, nod, accord, concord, concordance, agreement, affirmance, affirmation, recognition, acknowledgment, avowal, confession of faith, unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi, popular belief, current belief, current opinion, public opinion, concurrence, cooperation, ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance, visa, indorsement, consent, pressure to conform, herd instinct, peer pressure, assenting, of one accord, of one mind, of the same mind, at one with, agreed, acquiescent, content, willing, uncontradicted, unchallenged, unquestioned, uncontroverted, carried, agreed, nem, con, nemine contradicente unanimous, agreed on all hands, carried by acclamation, affirmative, yes, yea, ay, aye, true, good, well, very well, very true, well and good, granted, even so, just so, to be sure, 'thou hast said', you said it, you said a mouthful, truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso, of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless, naturally, natch, be it so, so be it, so let it be, amen, willingly, affirmatively, in the affirmative, OK, all right, might as well, why not? with one consent, with one voice, with one accord, unanimously, una voce, by common consent, in chorus, to a man, nem, con, nemine contradicente, nemine dissentiente, without a dissentient voice, as one man, one and all, on all hands, avec plaisir, chi tace accousente, the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writ, you bet your sweet ass it is, what are we waiting for? whenever you're ready, anytime you're ready.


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