acquiesce
/ˌækwiˈɛs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.48 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The representatives of the good people of this commonwealth in general assembly convened, having maturely considered the answers of sundry states in the Union, to their resolutions passed at the last session, respecting certain unconstitutional laws of Congress, commonly called the alien and sedition laws, would be faithless indeed to themselves, and to those they represent, were they silently to acquiesce in principles and doctrines attempted to be maintained in all those answers, that of Virginia only excepted."
- "They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just."
- "Cathy was a powerful ally at home; and between them they at length persuaded my master to acquiesce in their having a ride or a walk together about once a week, under my guardianship, and on the moors nearest the Grange: for June found him still declining."
- "If a minority, in such case, will secede rather than acquiesce, they make a precedent which, in turn, will divide and ruin them; for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority refuses to be controlled by such minority."
- ""They" might be ruining the world, but Mitchell's characters, by doing nothing but bitching, are only acquiescing in that ruin, and that is a luxury that neither they — nor we — can afford."
- "Equally remarkable was how quickly Attorney General Pam Bondi acquiesced to his [Donald Trump's] demand, even though four months ago the Justice Department formally declared that nothing in the Epstein files warranted further investigation."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French acquiescer, from Latin acquiescō; ad + quiescō (“to rest”), from quies (“rest”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *kʷyeh₁-, acquiescer, acquiescō