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acquiescence|ækwɪˈɛsəns|
[a. Fr. acquiescence, n. of action f. acquiescer; see acquiesce and -nce.]
1. The action or condition of acquiescing; resting satisfied; rest, quiet satisfaction.
a1631Donne Selections (1840) 49 In the spirit of contentment, and acquiescence, and thankfulness to God. a1667Jer. Taylor Serm. xx. On Chr. Prudence, That is most eligible, and most to be pursued which is..the acquiescence, the satisfaction and proper rest of our most reasonable appetites. 1867J. Martineau Chr. Life (ed. 4) 88 A life of worldly acquiescence..will not do.
2. Silent or passive assent to, or compliance with, proposals or measures.
1661Bramhall Just Vind. ii. 11 They confound obedience of acquiescence with obedience of conformity. 1775Johnson Tax. no Tyr. 7 Terrifying the English hearer to tame acquiescence. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. viii. 678 His policy was..to excite opposition to those whose acquiescence he failed in acquiring. 1845Darwin Voy. of Nat. viii. (1879) 157 The Chief Justice smiled acquiescence. 1875Hamerton Intell. Life vii. vii. 261 Women live in an atmosphere of acquiescence which makes them intolerant of anything like bold and original thinking.
b. Const. in (with, to obs. or arch.).
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 18 By a content and acquiescence in every species of truth we embrace the shadow thereof. 1763Wilkes Corr. (1805) I. 228 Necessity..drove him to an entire acquiescence with every measure prescribed. 1794Sullivan View of Nat. I. 401, I yet cannot..implicitly yield an acquiescence to a superior faculty in the moon. 1856S. Winkworth tr. Tauler's Serm. xxii. 363 Free and full acquiescence to the will of God. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. xxv. 624 Patient acquiescence in the enormous charges levied. |