Acquiescing
to -ssent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent:
to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
contemporary examples
but acquiescing to talks without a settlement freeze would be a major backtrack for abbas and probably hurt his public standing.
obama’s calculated middle east game: can he bring peace? dan ephron may 19, 2011
by acquiescing to the formation of a new state, telangana, india is setting a dangerous precedent of ethnic division.
india’s newest state telangana is bosnia redux kranti rai march 21, 2014
the liberals have allowed that belief to emerge by acquiescing in conservative inconsistency.
originalists making it up again: mccutcheon and ‘corruption’ lawrence lessig april 1, 2014
in the internet era, it offers indelible evidence of acquiescing to something evil in our politics.
new gop “racist” headache john avlon july 5, 2009
but acquiescing to that pessimism means acquiescing to new spasms of terrible violence.
the conversation israel and palestine needs to have peter beinart, alan m. dershowitz december 2, 2012
historical examples
i ended by acquiescing in the slow revolution of its wheel of work and play.
the works of max beerbohm max beerbohm
the last nine are her reply, acquiescing with a sad dignity.
a syllabus of kentucky folk-songs hubert g. shearin
i came here with the determination of acquiescing in whatever should be desired in respect to organization.
letters and literary memorials of samuel j. tilden, v. 1 samuel j. tilden
and more, he was angry with himself for acquiescing in that self understood agreement.
at fault kate chopin.
she laughed again, acquiescing in his humour, secretly thankful not to find him sentimental.
mr. crewe’s career, complete winston churchill
verb
(intransitive; often foll by in or to) to comply (with); -ssent (to) without protest
v.
1610s, from middle french acquiescer (16c.), from latin acquiescere “to become quiet, remain at rest,” thus “be satisfied with,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + quiescere “to become quiet,” from quies (genitive quietis) “rest, quiet” (see quiet (n.)). related: acquiesced; acquiescing.
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