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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acquiescence \Ac`qui*es"cence\, n. [Cf. F. acquiescence.]
1. A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission
with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed
consent on the one hand, and on the other from opposition
or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
2. (Crim. Law)
a Submission to an injury by the party injured.
b Tacit concurrence in the action of another. --Wharton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
acquiescence
n 1: passive acceptance
2: agreement with a statement or proposal; "he gave his assent
eagerly"; "a murmur of consent from the assembly" [syn: {assent},
{consent}]
3: submission without protest
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