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
The major sticking point in negotiations that kept the strike going for nearly a year was protections surrounding generative A.I., which the gaming companies made significant acquiescences to come their best, last and final offer.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 June 2025
His goal seems to be to scare the public into acquiescence.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
German leadership has begun to speak more critically of the U.S. under Trump, yet Shapiro said European autonomy remains an uphill challenge following decades of acquiescence.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Those days of acquiescence were over: My father demanded instead that Americans honor their treaties and recognize the political sovereignty of tribal governments.
—Philip J. Deloria, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for acquiescence
Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 June 2025
His goal seems to be to scare the public into acquiescence.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
German leadership has begun to speak more critically of the U.S. under Trump, yet Shapiro said European autonomy remains an uphill challenge following decades of acquiescence.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Those days of acquiescence were over: My father demanded instead that Americans honor their treaties and recognize the political sovereignty of tribal governments.
—Philip J. Deloria, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiescence
Noun
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Their intelligence varies by breed and falls into three types: instinctive, adaptive, and working/obedience.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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Conformity, obedience, uniformity Authoritarianism is defined by public opinion scholars as an individual’s predisposition toward conformity, obedience and uniformity and an aversion to diversity, difference and individual autonomy.—
Adam Eichen,
The Conversation,
11 June 2025
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Arbitration is a private dispute resolution forum that parties contractually assent to use in lieu of litigation.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 June 2025
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On the fifth day of controversy sparked by Trump’s immigration policies, the president’s decision to mobilize U.S. troops in the country’s second largest city — without the assent of the governor and local officials — moved pictures of clashes off TV and social media and into a federal courtroom.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
11 June 2025
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Does being a girl’s girl mean forfeiting your shot at love in deference to a friend’s indecision?—
Lizzie Hyman,
People.com,
3 July 2025
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When Sexton took to the Tennessee House floor in April 2014, his colleagues showed him deference because of his banking experience, said former Rep. Craig Fitzhugh, a rural West Tennessee Democrat and the minority leader at the time, who sponsored the original payday lending legislation in 1997.—
Adam Friedman,
ProPublica,
26 June 2025
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“Acquiescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquiescence. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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