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
In March, with Trump’s more or less full acquiescence, Netanyahu ended a ceasefire with Hamas that the U.S. had brokered in January.
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Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 31 July 2025
Too many have chosen the politics of non-engagement, which is at best a hair’s breadth away from acquiescence or complicity.
—Kamila Shamsie
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
But the temptation to point fingers at Republicans and play whataboutism — instead of acknowledging what millions of voters perceive as the acquiescence of Democrats to institutional corruption — will be fatal.
—Alexander Heffner, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
With Jokowi’s acquiescence, Indonesia’s parliament significantly reduced the independence of the country’s Corruption Eradication Commission, founded in 2002 to tackle rampant graft.
—Ben Bland, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2024
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Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 31 July 2025
Too many have chosen the politics of non-engagement, which is at best a hair’s breadth away from acquiescence or complicity.
—Kamila Shamsie
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
But the temptation to point fingers at Republicans and play whataboutism — instead of acknowledging what millions of voters perceive as the acquiescence of Democrats to institutional corruption — will be fatal.
—Alexander Heffner, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
With Jokowi’s acquiescence, Indonesia’s parliament significantly reduced the independence of the country’s Corruption Eradication Commission, founded in 2002 to tackle rampant graft.
—Ben Bland, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiescence
Noun
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Dogs begin by mastering basic obedience before moving on to specialized tasks that support their handler’s unique needs.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Initially, bedtime stories tended to be moralistic tales designed to reinforce obedience and proper behavior.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Convening a special session without the governor’s assent requires the support of two-thirds of lawmakers in the House and Senate.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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So, yes, as unworkable as this plan might seem for the Palestinian group, a Hamas assent is entirely plausible.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Judges also review arbitration awards with a high degree of deference, meaning the side that loses the arbitration is often disincentivized to petition a judge to vacate the award.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Heneghan and Peng’s approach was one of visual deference.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 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 8 Nov. 2025.
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