Acquiesce Meaning and Usage

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Acquiesce Meaning:

- to agree without protest.
- to comply; to submit
- to accept without question.

Acquiesce Usage:

“to acquiesce halfheartedly in a plan”
“acquiescence to his boss's demands”
“a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly”

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Derivatives:

acquiescence - noun
acquiescent - adjective
acquiescently - adverb
acquiescingly – adverb

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Use acquiesce in a sentence:

1. Linda acquiesced to Fred's plaintive pleas to hold their wedding in his Village farm house.

2. The Government never acquiesced to trade union’s demands; the minister said they were unrealistic.

3. I don't want to see that movie, but I guess I'll have to acquiesce this time.

4. The group acquiesced to the new regulations even though they were opposed to them.

5. After a hard-fought battle, the retailers finally acquiesced to the draft regulations.

6. He acquiesced in locating the farm across the street from his house.

7. The millionaire refused to acquiesce to the demand of his former driver, blackmailing him with photos of his extramarital affairs.

8. Mother asked me to do chores and although I didn't want to I acquiesced.

9. The president said that we will never acquiesce to the demands of the terrorists.

10. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just.

11. Church declared Copernicanism “false and erroneous” in 1616, and commanded Galileo never again to “defend or hold” the doctrine. Galileo acquiesced.

12. Although she had appeared to acquiesce to her employer's suggestion, I could tell she had reservations.

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Acquiesce Synonyms:
accede, accept, agree, assent, consent, nod, subscribe,

Acquiesce Antonyms:
disagree, dissent, object, protest


Acquiescence Synonyms:
assent, agreement, acceptance, conceding, concession, yielding, approval, consent, harmony, giving in, submission, compliance, obedience, conformity, accession, concord, concurrence

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Origin:
Latin acquiescere "to quieten down" made out of ad "(up) to" + quiescere "to rest, be quiet".

Mnemonic:
to acQUIEsce - to QUIEtly agree

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Some more examples:

1. Despite acquiescing in the board’s decision, he had never really changed his own view.

2. After prolonged debate over the topic, the council acquiesced to change the law; thereby ending a century-old struggle of thousands of people.

3. Although I didn't really feel like cleaning my room, I decided to acquiesce because I knew my Mom wouldn't stop complaining until I did.

4. He didn't want to give in to the bank robbers’ demands, but in the end he decided to acquiesce so that no one got hurt.

5. The government acquiesced to the terrorists’ demands and released 2 prisoners who were the prime suspects of the serial bomb blasts.

6. “If he did not acquiesce, he was to be imprisoned.”

7. Anna had a short way with people. In matters concerning her own wishes, she took their acquiescence for granted.

8. Gwen acquiesced in the policy of secrecy, hoping that it would not last long.

9. He had seemed to take her acquiescence for granted. And yet there had been nothing flat or disappointing about the proceedings. She had been thrilled throughout.

10. He looked up when addressed and uttered a sound which might have been taken for an expression of polite acquiescence.

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