ACQUIESCENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acquiescence mean? 

• ACQUIESCENCE (noun)
  The noun ACQUIESCENCE has 2 senses:

1. acceptance without protest

2. agreement with a statement or proposal to do something

  Familiarity information: ACQUIESCENCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACQUIESCENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acceptance without protest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("acquiescence" is a kind of...):

acceptance (the state of being acceptable and accepted)

Derivation:

acquiesce (to agree or express agreement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

acquiescence; assent

Context example:

a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly

Hypernyms ("acquiescence" is a kind of...):

agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acquiescence"):

acceptance ((contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract))

conceding; concession; yielding (the act of conceding or yielding)

Derivation:

acquiesce (to agree or express agreement)

acquiescent (willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest)

 Context examples 

"I wonder if I can get some advice from you," he began, and received an acquiescence of willingness that made his heart bound.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

May I hope for your acquiescence, and for your not influencing your son against such a tenant?

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Perhaps, after all, I had been premature in my acquiescence.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Prime Minister nodded his acquiescence.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The policeman nodded acquiescence, and the man kneeling down placed his bag beside him.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Elizabeth was exceedingly pleased with this proposal, and felt persuaded of her sister's ready acquiescence.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I inclined my head in acquiescence.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

After a moment's recollection, therefore, concluding that prudence required dispatch, and that her acquiescence would best promote it, she walked silently towards the table, and sat down.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Meanwhile, I am much obliged to you for your courteous acquiescence.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mrs Smith gave a most good-humoured acquiescence.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)