acquiescence
IPA: ækwiˈɛsʌns
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.
- (law) 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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Examples of "acquiescence" in Sentences
- Overpayment was not acquiescence.
- I will not be bullied into acquiescence.
- This is not a Harry Potter acquiescence site.
- American acquiescence to these attacks on humanity is abhorrent.
- His silence was thus interpreted by the Israelis as acquiescence.
- He bowed low in acquiescence, though he would willingly have left her there.
- I will continue to point the finger outwards as well as inwards because comfort and acquiescence is a dangerous thing.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.