acquiescent
English
Etymology
From Latin acquiescens, -entis; present participle.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /æˈkwi.ɛsn̩t/
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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.
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- resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
- an acquiescent policy
Synonyms
- (conceding to a sin or crime): complicit
Derived terms
- acquiescently
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷyeh₁- (0 c, 16 e)
Translations
willing to acquiesce
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resting satisfied or submissive
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See also
- quiescent
References
- acquiescent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
acquiescent
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of acquiescer
Latin
Verb
acquiēscent
- third-person plural future active indicative of acquiēscō