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English
Etymology
From Latin acquiescens, -entis; present participle.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
Derived terms
Translations
resting satisfied or submissive
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References
French
Pronunciation
Verb
acquiescent
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of acquiescer
Latin
Verb
acquiēscent
- third-person plural future active indicative of acquiēscō