A lack of response is tantamount to acquiescence.
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Acquiescence
Synonyms for "acquiescence" (152 found)
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50 translations across 18 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- aquiescència noun (silent or passive assent)
- consentiment noun (silent or passive assent)
Dutch
2 entries- rechtsverwerking noun (inaction to take legal recourse which implies the abandonment of a right)
- stilzwijgende instemming noun (silent or passive assent)
Esperanto
1 entries- malprotesto noun (silent or passive assent)
French
3 entries- acquiescement noun (silent or passive assent)
- consentement noun (silent or passive assent)
- péremption noun (inaction to take legal recourse which implies the abandonment of a right)
German
4 entries- Akquieszenz noun (silent or passive assent)
- Beistimmung noun (silent or passive assent)
- Duldung noun (silent or passive assent)
- Einverständnis noun (silent or passive assent)
Greek
2 entries- συγκατάθεση noun (silent or passive assent)
- συναίνεση noun (silent or passive assent)
Hebrew
1 entries- הַסְכָּמָה שֶׁבִּשְׁתִיקָה noun (silent or passive assent)
Hungarian
3 entries- beleegyezés noun (silent or passive assent)
- belenyugvás noun (silent or passive assent)
- beletörődés noun (silent or passive assent)
Indonesian
1 entries- akuisens noun (silent or passive assent)
Italian
2 entries- acquiescenza noun (silent or passive assent)
- perenzione noun (inaction to take legal recourse which implies the abandonment of a right)
Japanese
1 entries- 黙認 noun (silent or passive assent)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اذن noun (silent or passive assent)
Polish
2 entries- potulność noun (silent or passive assent)
- przyzwolenie noun (silent or passive assent)
Portuguese
2 entries- aquiescência noun (silent or passive assent)
- perempção noun (inaction to take legal recourse which implies the abandonment of a right)
Russian
1 entries- молчали́вое согла́сие noun (silent or passive assent)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- popuštanje noun (silent or passive assent)
- prìstanak noun (silent or passive assent)
- попуштање noun (silent or passive assent)
- прѝстанак noun (silent or passive assent)
Spanish
3 entries- aquiescencia noun (silent or passive assent)
- consentimiento noun (silent or passive assent)
- perención noun (inaction to take legal recourse which implies the abandonment of a right)
Swedish
3 entries- eftergivenhet noun (silent or passive assent)
- medgivande noun (silent or passive assent)
- underkastelse noun (silent or passive assent)
Sample sentences
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reluctant acquiescence
Source: wiktionary
sign of acquiescence
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in acquiescence with
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