Synonyms for acquiescence
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Noun
1. Assent — A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed…
assent, consent, submission, agreement, resignation, conformity, concurrence, compliance, yielding, cave-in, accord
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Definitions
- n. 1
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
She nodded in quiet acquiescence.
Related words
- Word family
- acquiesce
Forms
- Plural
- acquiescences → assents, consents, submissions, agreements…
Example sentences
- agreement I'm in complete agreement with everything he said.
- consent How dare you marry my daughter without my consent?
- submission Humans were whipped into submission by the aliens.
- assent She gave her assent to the match.
- sufferance Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| acquiescence | steady | |
| agreement | falling | |
| consent | falling | |
| submission | steady | |
| assent | steady | |
| sufferance | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- accord2, assent2
- 7 letters
- consent2
- 8 letters
- yielding2
- 9 letters
- agreement3
- 10 letters
- compliance3, submission3, conformity4, sufferance
- 11 letters
- resignation4, concurrence3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (accord2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- acquiescement