Acquiescence

Synonyms for "acquiescence" (177 found)

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Noun(6 words)

assent acquiescing capitulating capitulationcapitulation to pressurecave in

acceptance acceptation acception accession accommodation accord accordance adaptation adaption adjustment affirmation affirmativeaffirmative voiceagreeability agreeableness agreementagreement in principlealacrity allegiance amenability

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approbation approval ardor assent assentation assurance assuredness aye belief blessing

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certaintycheerful consentcomplaisance compliance concurrence confidence conformance conformationconformation other-directionconformity congruity connivance consent consistency conventionality cooperativeness correspondence credence credit credulity

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deference dependence docility duteousness dutifulness eagerness endorsement enthusiasm faithfavorable dispositionfavorableness fealty flexibility forwardness gamenessgeneral agreementgoodwill harmonyhearty assenthomage hope humbleness humility

Noun(7 words)

compliance condoning conformity consent consents cooperationgive in to demands

Verb(3 words)

give waygiving ingiving way

Related words (88)

Verb(2 words)

humor someone's wishesobey laws

keeping kneeling line loyalty malleability meekness nonopposal nonopposition nonresistancenonviolent resistanceobedience obediency obeisance observance ok okay orthodoxypassive resistancepassiveness passivity

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permission pliability pliancy promptitude promptness quakerism quietism ratification readiness receptionreceptive moodreceptiveness receptivity reconcilement reconciliation reliancereliance onresignation resignedness responsivenessright moodsanction service servility servitium stock store strictness subjection submission submissiveness submittalsuit and servicesuit servicesupineness support sureness suretysuspension of disbelieftractability traditionalism trust uncomplainingness ungrudgingness uniformity unloathness unreluctancewarm assentwelcomewilling earwilling heartwillingness yielding zeal zealousness

Noun(11 words)

knucklingmatter for yieldmatters for yieldsubmission submitting sufferance surrendering yessing yield yieldageyielded to pressure

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acceptance agreement compliance

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4 entries

administrative acquiescenceinstitutional acceptancesilent consenttacit approval

Collocations

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acquiescence to demandspassive acquiescencepolitical acquiescencepublic acquiescencesilent acquiescence

Inflections

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acquiescences

Derivations

4 entries

acquiesce acquiesced acquiescent acquiescing

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A lack of response is tantamount to acquiescence.

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reluctant acquiescence

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sign of acquiescence

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in acquiescence with

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