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adjective ac·qui·es·cent \ -ˈe-sᵊnt \

Definition of acquiescent

:tending to accept or allow what others want or demand :inclined to acquiesce

a politician accused of being too acquiescent to the demands of special interests

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acquiescently

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Examples of acquiescent in a Sentence

The acquiescent girl became a strong assertive woman.
was not as acquiescent about sharing her room as her parents seemed to think she should be

Recent Examples of acquiescent from the Web

And Arena has been one of Emanuel's loudest critics on the largely acquiescent City Council, giving the mayor another reason not to come to his aid.

— john byrne, chicagotribune.com, "Emanuel doesn't get behind controversial Northwest side apartment complex," 24 May 2017
After the administration expended considerable political capital to reach a nuclear deal with Iran in July 2015, Saudi rulers bemoaned that Obama had shifted U.S. foreign policy to be more acquiescent toward Tehran.

— mohamad bazzi, The Atlantic, "Saudi Arabia Has High Hopes for Trump," 20 May 2017

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Origin and Etymology of acquiescent

Latin acquiescent-, acquiescens, present participle of acquiescere — see acquiesce

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First Known Use: 1616

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acquiescent Synonyms

Synonyms

passive, nonresistant, resigned, tolerant, tolerating, unresistant, yielding

Antonyms

protesting, resistant, resisting, unyielding

Related Words

forbearing, impassive, long-suffering, patient, stoic (or stoical), uncomplaining; agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, conformable, conformist, docile, guidable, law-abiding, obedient, pliable, pliant, subordinate, tractable, willing; obeisant, submissive, surrendering; amiable, obliging; slavish, subservient; disciplined, governable, manageable; apathetic, uncaring, unresponsive

Near Antonyms

defiant; contrary, contumacious, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, mutinous, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward; balky, perverse, wayward, wrongheaded; headstrong, willful (or wilful); indomitable; undisciplined, unmanageable; dissident, nonconformist

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