OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8330

acquiescence

/ˌæk.wiːˈɛs.əns/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aquiescencia • consentimiento
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
reluctant acquiescence
sign of acquiescence
perención
Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
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