OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 8329

acquiesce

/ˌækwiˈɛs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aquiescer • conformarse
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.
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…
They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just.
aquiescer • consentir
To concur upon conviction; to accept tacitly; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
I entirely acquiesce in all the observations you make in your letter; they are worthy of your heart and understanding;
to acquiesce in an opinion