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
Any group decision comes with a degree of acquiescence and a leap of faith.
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David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Would-be autocrats create environments of fear and powerlessness, using intimidation, overwhelming force or political and legal attacks, and other coercive tactics to force acquiescence and chill democratic pushback.
—Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2025
Yet, the lesson of the Voting Rights Act is that the response to these setbacks isn’t despair or acquiescence.
—Time, 12 Sep. 2025
This lack of callout could be construed as a form of acquiescence that the delusion is apt.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Would-be autocrats create environments of fear and powerlessness, using intimidation, overwhelming force or political and legal attacks, and other coercive tactics to force acquiescence and chill democratic pushback.
—Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2025
Yet, the lesson of the Voting Rights Act is that the response to these setbacks isn’t despair or acquiescence.
—Time, 12 Sep. 2025
This lack of callout could be construed as a form of acquiescence that the delusion is apt.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiescence
Noun
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Thus the sign helps the greengrocer to conceal from himself the low foundations of his obedience, at the same time concealing the low foundations of power.—
Ezra Klein,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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One where belonging doesn't depend on performance, obedience, or getting it right the first time.—
Danielle Marie Holland,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2026
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But in 2024, a state commission backed the road, with the assent of Osceola and over the objections of Orange and many members of the local environmental community.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Jan. 2026
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The deal also remains subject to regulatory approvals, as well as the assent of WBD shareholders.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
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One truth of which Vigil seems deliberately oblivious is that many of those who inspire confidence and deference, as Boone did, have something going for them.—
Julius Taranto,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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The federal courts usually grant deference to the president when the government issues statements in the context of litigation.—
Andrea Katz,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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But for Coles, his indoctrination to law enforcement has been a different level of submissiveness.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
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In Killers of the Flower Moon, his Ernest Burkhart starts off as a mopey, weak-minded World War One veteran, eager to do anything for his godfather uncle (Robert De Niro), but there’s still a certain likability to his dim-bulb submissiveness.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Acquiescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiescence. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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