acquiescent
adjEtymology
From Latin acquiescens (present participle of acquiēscō).
- derived from acquiescens
Definitions
Willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or…
Willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance.
- This view is reflected in the novelist's stock portrait of the white-man-in-exile's dusky mistress; an acquiescent shadow, who comes to life only if thrown aside, when, sinister and vindictive, she is ready with the wasting poison.
- The third role, acquiescent was mostly identified in the interviews when students highlighted their willingness to accept suggested placements [...] and stressed that they could adapt to given conditions...
Resting satisfied or submissive
Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit.
- an acquiescent policy
The neighborhood
- synonymcomplicitconceding to a sin or crime
- synonymassenting
- synonymagreeable
- synonymacquiescent
- synonympleased
- synonymconsenting
- synonymobliging
- synonymprepared
- synonymultroneous
- synonymwilling
- antonyminacquiescent
- antonymunagreeable
- antonymunconsenting
- antonymunwilling
- neighborquiescent
- neighborinclined
- neighborobey
- neighboroptional
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at acquiescent. 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 acquiescent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at acquiescent
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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