Acquiescence

Definitions: Acquiescence

Acquiescence

Noun

1. Acceptance without protest.

2. Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly".

Date "acquiescence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Acquiescence \Ac`qui*es"cence\, noun. [Compare to the French expression acquiescence.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Shipping	When a bill of lading is accepted or signed by a shipper or shipper's agent without protest, the shipper is said to acquiesce to the terms, giving a silent form of consent. (references)
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Synonym: Acquiescence

Synonym: assent (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Assent	Noun: assent, assentment; acquiescence, admission; nod; accord, concord, concordance; agreement; affirmance, affirmation; recognition, acknowledgment, avowal; confession of faith.
Consent	Noun: consent; assent; acquiescence; approval; compliance, agreement, concession; yieldance, yieldingness; accession, acknowledgment, acceptance, agnition.
Observance	Noun: observance, performance, compliance, acquiescence, concurrence; obedience; fulfillment, satisfaction, discharge; acquittance, acquittal.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Acquiescence

English words defined with "acquiescence": Acquiescency, assent ♦ Nonacquiescence ♦ power play ♦ Royal assent ♦ squeeze, squeeze play ♦ To hear well. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A Forced Agreement: Press Acquiescence to Censorship in Brazil (Pitt Latin American Series) (reference) Africa and the Challenge of Development: Acquiescence and Dependency Versus Freedom and Development (reference) Coming of age in America: growth and acquiescence (reference) Splitting the Middle: Political Alienation, Acquiescence, and Activism Among America's Middle Layers (reference) The Consequences of Consent: Elections, Citizen Control and Popular Acquiescence (reference) (more book examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	War is the second worst activity of mankind, the worst being acquiescence in slavery.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	They fell into the tremendous error of mistaking the obedience of the soldier for the acquiescence of the nation.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Kuwait	The Church views the Government's acquiescence to establishing relations with the Vatican as significant in terms of government tolerance of Christianity. (references)
	Jordan	Following a demonstration in October 2000 in which one protester was killed and six were injured, the Government banned all demonstrations and public rallies; however, a number of demonstrations subsequently were held with government acquiescence, despite the ban. (references)
Economic History	Indonesia	By 1965, the PKI controlled many of the mass civic and cultural organizations that Sukarno had established to mobilize support for his regime and, with Sukarno's acquiescence, embarked on a campaign to establish a "Fifth Column" by arming its supporters. (references)
Human Rights	Turkmenistan	Most had built their homes with the acquiescence of government officials, who extorted bribes to allow the construction. (references)
	Cuba	Some endured physical and sexual abuse, typically by other inmates with the acquiescence of guards, or long periods in punitive isolation cells. (references)
	Guatemala	In its 12th report, the MINUGUA concluded that it was impossible to dismiss the possibility of involvement by illegal or clandestine operatives who count on the support or acquiescence of authorities of the state. (references)
Political Economy	Saudi Arabia	Security forces committed such abuses, in contradiction to the law, but with the acquiescence of the Government. (references)
	Dominican Republic	The authorities rarely prosecuted abusers, and at times members of the security forces committed abuses with the tacit acquiescence of the civil authorities, leading to a climate of impunity. (references)
Worker Rights	Seychelles	Although it is difficult to determine the living and working conditions of these workers, there was evidence that the labor laws were flouted routinely with the Government's knowledge and acquiescence. (references)
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty.
John Adams	1797-1801	We have, by our own express consent, contracted to observe the Navigation Act, and by our implied consent, by long usage and uninterrupted acquiescence, have submitted to the other acts of trade, however grievous some of them may be.
James Madison	1809-1817	The acquiescence which our fellow citizens shew under the government, calls upon us for a like return of moderation.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Acquiescence in the constitutionally expressed will of the majority, and the exercise of that will in a spirit of moderation, justice, and brotherly kindness, will constitute a cement which would for ever preserve our Union.
Rutherford Hayes	1877-1881	Upon one point there is entire unanimity in public sentiment--that conflicting claims to the Presidency must be amicably and peaceably adjusted, and that when so adjusted the general acquiescence of the nation ought surely to follow.
Grover Cleveland	1885-1889; 1893-1897	If we exact from unwilling minds acquiescence in the theory of an honest distribution of the fund of the governmental beneficence treasured up for all, we but insist upon a principle which underlies our free institutions.
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"Acquiescence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Acquiescence" is used about 172 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	172	23,722

Expression using "acquiescence": smile acquiescence. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "acquiescence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		berusting (rezignation). (various references)

Albanian		pranim i heshtur. (various references)

Arabic		‏إذعان (compliance, deference, subjugation, submission, submissiveness), ‏رضوخ (obedience, submission). (various references)

Bulgarian		неохотно съгласие, примирение (armistice). (various references)

Chinese		默认 (Acquiesce, Acquiesced, Acquiescing, Defaulted, Defaulting). (various references)

Czech		souhlas s. (various references)

Dutch		stilzwýgende toestemming, stilzwýgende instemming, gelatenheid (resignation, rezignation), berusting (resignation, rezignation, submission). (various references)

Esperanto		rezignemo (resignation, submission), malprotesto (resignation, submission). (various references)

Farsi		موافقت (Accord, Accordance, Adhesion, Agreement, Approbation, Approval, Assent, Concurrence, Congruity, Consent, Endorsement, Sympathy, Understanding), تن دردادن (Accede, Acquiesce, Own), رضایت (Adhesion, Concurrence, Consent, Satisfaction). (various references)

French		acquiescement (acceptance). (various references)

German		Ergebung (capitulation, humility, resignation, surrender). (various references)

Greek		συγκατάθεση (accord, assent, concurrence, consent), συναίνεση (agreement, consensus, consent, meeting of the minds). (various references)

Hebrew		�"ו�"ע�" בשתיק�", �"סכמ�" (agreement, approbation, approval, concurrence, consent). (various references)

Hungarian		hallgatólagos beleegyezés (connivance, tacit approval), hozzájárulás (admittance, approbation, approval, assent, concurrence, connivance, consent, contribution, co-operation, endorsement, fiat, imprimatur, mite, permission, share, subscription), belenyugvás (deference). (various references)

Italian		acquiescenza (sufferance). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		承諾 (agreement, consent). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょう� く (agreement, consent). (various references)

Manx		lhie roish (acquiesce, acquiescent). (various references)

Pig Latin		acquiescenceay

Portuguese		aquiescência (assentation, consent), submissão (abandonment, allegiance, compliance, conformity, humming, meerschaum, obedience, resignation, subjection, submission, subordination), consentimento (accession, accord, adhesion, admission, agreement, approbation, approval, assent, authorization, bout, consent, informed consent, permission, sanction), condescendência (compliance, condescension), concordância (abidance, accordance, according, adhesion, agreement, approbation, assent, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, grant, harness, mate). (various references)

Romanian		asentiment (approval, ascent, consent, leave), supunere (allegiance, manageability, meekness, obedience, respect, subjection, submission), consimţãmânt (accord, accordance, adhesion, agreeableness, approval, assent, consent, leave). (various references)

Russian		уступки. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pomirenje (conciliation, mediation, pacification). (various references)

Spanish		resignación (resignation, rezignation). (various references)

Swedish		samtycke (agreement, approbation, assent, compliance, compliancy, consent, permission). (various references)

Turkish		uysallık (clemency, compliance, docility, ductility, flexibility, give, mansuetude, meekness, milkiness, pliability, pliancy, softness, submissiveness, suppleness, tameness), razı olma (agreement), rıza (assent, compliance, consent, resignation), kabul etme (acceptance, adoption, agreement, avowal, intromission, take). (various references)

Ukranian		неохоча згода (lukewarm agreement), мовчазна згода (connivance), покірність (humility, leniency, lowliness, meekness, non-resistance, obedience, passivity, prostration, resignation, submission). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự mặc nhận sự phục tùng, sự bằng lòng ngầm, sự bằng lòng (compliance, consent, content, contentedness, contentment, willingness), sự ưng thuận (compliance, consent), sự đ�"ng ý (accord, accordance, adhesion, agreement, approbation, approval, concurrence, consent, imprimatur, o.k.). (various references)
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "acquiescence": acquiescences. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Acquiescence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acquienscence, acquiescencse, acquiescense, acquiescience, acquiescsnce, acquiesence, acquiessence, acquikescence, aquiescence. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "acquiescence" (pronounced a'kwēe"suns)
5	-e" s u n s	adolescence, convalescence, essence, evanescence, luminescence, obsolescence, phosphorescence, quintessence, senescence.
4	-s u n s	absence, beneficence, innocence, licence, license, nuisance, reconnaissance, reminiscence, reticence.
3	-u n s	abeyance, abhorrence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, adherence, admirations, admittance, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, luminance, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, obedience, observance, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-e-i-n-q-s-u"
	-2 letters: quiescence.
	-3 letters: acquiesce.
	-4 letters: caciques, eucaines, sequence.
	-5 letters: cacique, caiques, cinques, equines, eucaine, quinces, science.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-e-i-n-q-s-u"
	+1 letter: acquiescences.
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