acquiescent
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin acquiescens, -entis; present participle.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
acquiescent (comparative more acquiescent, superlative most acquiescent)
- willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
- 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:
- This view is reflected in the novelist's stock portrait of the white-man-in-exile's dusky mistress; an acquiescent shadow, who comes to life only if thrown aside, when, sinister and vindictive, she is ready with the wasting poison.
- resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
- an acquiescent policy
Synonyms[edit]
- (conceding to a sin or crime): complicit
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
willing to acquiesce
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resting satisfied or submissive
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “acquiescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (CAN) (file)
Verb[edit]
acquiescent
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
acquiēscent
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