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acquiesce
verb
To accept or agree without active resistance, often reluctantly.
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He chose to acquiesce when the group proposed a later meeting.
Neither artist had to acquiesce to an arrangement they believed would fail.
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acquiescencenoun
Acceptance without active objection, often despite reservations.
Their silence was mistakenly interpreted as acquiescence.
When the committee proposed ending gatherings earlier, Omar expressed dissent because he thought the new time excluded people with late shifts. Several others offered only acquiescence: they still had reservations but stopped objecting after a long discussion.
acquiescentadjective
Ready to accept a decision without resistance.
An acquiescent committee approved the plan without discussion.
An acquiescent member accepted the coordinator's proposed redistribution of duties without resistance, even though the plan changed her usual role.
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