acquiesce
verbEtymology
Borrowed from Middle French acquiescer, from Latin acquiescō; ad + quiescō (“to rest”), from quies (“rest”).
- derived from acquiescō
- borrowed from acquiescer
Definitions
To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent…
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.
- They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just.
To concur upon conviction
To concur upon conviction; to accept tacitly; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
- to acquiesce in an opinion
- I entirely acquiesce in all the observations you make in your letter; they are worthy of your heart and understanding;
- I may be forced to acquiesce in these recent developments, but I can hardly be expected to make merry over them.
The neighborhood
- synonymabide by
- synonymaccept
- synonymacquiesce
- synonymgo along with
- synonymtake sitting down
- antonymapprove
- antonymback
- antonymembrace
- antonymsupport
- antonymuphold
- antonymwelcome
- antonymobject
- antonymprotest
- neighboracquiescence
- neighboracquiescent
- neighboracquiescer
- neighborassent
- neighborconform
- neighbortolerate
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at acquiesce. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at acquiesce. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at acquiesce
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA