as in obedience
a readiness or willingness to yield to the wishes of others
good manners demanded our cheerful acquiescence to our host's plans for dinner
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Recent Examples of acquiescence
If anything, acquiescence would create a further basis to claim that the university is not compliant, which risks even more encroachments on academic freedom.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
Details of such bills are typically negotiated between the two parties, particularly because votes in the Senate require 60 votes to pass, effectively requiring acquiescence of the minority party.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
The scheme depends on Trump’s support and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s acquiescence.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
The key phrase here: harm reduction, or acquiescence to hard drug use.
—Howard Husock, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
Details of such bills are typically negotiated between the two parties, particularly because votes in the Senate require 60 votes to pass, effectively requiring acquiescence of the minority party.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
The scheme depends on Trump’s support and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s acquiescence.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
The key phrase here: harm reduction, or acquiescence to hard drug use.
—Howard Husock, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for acquiescence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiescence
Noun
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This can be through walking, obedience training, running, games of fetch, or swimming.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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There may have been very little emotional vulnerability exchanged between kids and parents, while kids were required to perform obedience rather than express their authentic selves.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
6 May 2025
Noun
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For four months, congressional Republicans have been delaying the major fights on the parts of Trump’s agenda that will demand their assent.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
2 May 2025
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But these hardly excuse their seeming assent to the destruction of American democracy and our economy.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration has greater political flexibility to make such an offer than did the Obama or Biden administrations, thanks to the Republican Party’s deference to Trump’s foreign policy initiatives.—
Richard Nephew,
Foreign Affairs,
26 May 2025
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The Vikings will play the Steelers in Ireland on Sept. 28, but not because of deference to the Vikings.—
Charley Walters,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
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“Acquiescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiescence. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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