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 Enlightenment faith in reason, science, and free speech, already weakened by the First World War, had been devastated by an unprecedented bureaucracy of mass death, sustained by technology, systematic deceit, widespread gullibility, and eager acquiescence.
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Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Ukraine ultimately won the United States’ limited acquiescence.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 14 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
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Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Ukraine ultimately won the United States’ limited acquiescence.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 14 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiescence
Noun
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September 23 – October 22 Leadership doesn’t always look like strict command structures and demands for immediate obedience.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
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Nguyen explained that the red envelopes carry similar significance as Christmas presents with an intention of teaching children respect, love, care and obedience.—
Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
30 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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Inflation is not the only peril such deference would invite, or even the worst.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Courts continue to adjudicate but with growing deference on matters touching the regime’s ideological core.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 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 9 Feb. 2026.
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