What is another word for acquiescence?
Pronunciation:
[ ˌakwɪˈɛsəns], [ ˌakwɪˈɛsəns], [ ˌa_k_w_ɪ__ˈɛ_s_ə_n_s]
Synonyms for Acquiescence:
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- resist .
- accession ,
- accord ,
- accordance ,
- agreement ,
- arrangement ,
- bond ,
- capitulation ,
- compact ,
- concord ,
- concordance ,
- concurrence ,
- consensus ,
- contract ,
- covenant ,
- deal ,
- empathy ,
- pact ,
- pledge ,
- promise ,
- settlement ,
- stipulation ,
- treaty ,
- unanimity ,
- understanding .
- co operativeness ,
- co operativenesses ,
- co-operativeness ,
- co-operativenesses ,
- cooperativenesses ,
- good naturednesses ,
- good-naturednesses ,
- goodnaturednesses .
- adherence ,
- affirmation ,
- compliance ,
- conformance ,
- conformity ,
- fealty ,
- fulfillment ,
- genuflection ,
- homage ,
- meekness ,
- obeisance ,
- observance ,
- respect ,
- servility ,
- submissiveness ,
- willingness .
- congruity ,
- consistency ,
- convention ,
- correctness ,
- custom ,
- etiquette ,
- formality ,
- manner ,
- propriety ,
- regularity ,
- ritual ,
- tradition .
- acceptings ,
- acquirings ,
- co operation ,
- co operations ,
- receivings ,
- taking ons ,
- under taking ,
- under-taking ,
- under-takings .
- Lowliness ,
- docility ,
- duty ,
- humbleness ,
- humility ,
- inferiority ,
- serfdom ,
- servitude ,
- slavishness ,
- subordination ,
- subservience ,
- vassalage ,
- yieldingness .
Other synonyms:
- yes .
- O.K. .
Other relevant words:
- abasement ,
- abbreviate ,
- abidance ,
- abide ,
- abide by ,
- abridge ,
- access ,
- acclimatisation ,
- accompaniment ,
- accordance of rights ,
- accredit ,
- acquire ,
- acquit ,
- adapt ,
- addiction ,
- addition ,
- address ,
- adhere ,
- adhesion ,
- adhesiveness ,
- administer ,
- admission charge ,
- admission fee ,
- admission price ,
- admittance ,
- adoption ,
- advantageousness ,
- affirm ,
- affirmatory ,
- afford ,
- agate line ,
- air ,
- all right ,
- alliance ,
- allot ,
- allow for ,
- allow in ,
- allowance account ,
- alright ,
- alteration ,
- amenity ,
- ancestry ,
- anticipate ,
- aplomb ,
- apportion ,
- apprehension ,
- approbative ,
- approbatory ,
- appropriate ,
- approving ,
- arc ,
- argument ,
- argumentation ,
- armed service ,
- arranging ,
- arrest ,
- ascertain ,
- assay ,
- assembly line ,
- assenting ,
- assertion ,
- assoil ,
- assume ,
- assure ,
- atonement ,
- attach ,
- attachment ,
- authorisation ,
- authorise ,
- authority ,
- autonomy ,
- avail ,
- avidity ,
- avidness ,
- avouchment ,
- back ,
- back up ,
- backing ,
- backup ,
- bail ,
- bail bond ,
- balance ,
- balancing ,
- balk ,
- banal ,
- bandage ,
- bank check ,
- bank line ,
- banker's acceptance ,
- bargain ,
- batch ,
- baulk ,
- bear ,
- bear out ,
- beastliness ,
- believe ,
- bendability ,
- benediction ,
- bequeath ,
- billet ,
- blandishment ,
- blood ,
- blood line ,
- bloodline ,
- blurb ,
- body ,
- bond certificate ,
- bond paper ,
- boon ,
- bootlicking ,
- borrow ,
- bow ,
- bowing ,
- bread and butter ,
- break ,
- breed ,
- bridle ,
- briskness ,
- brook ,
- broth ,
- buckle under ,
- bumptiousness ,
- bundle ,
- burst ,
- business ,
- business deal ,
- business line ,
- buy in ,
- cable ,
- cachet ,
- call ,
- canonisation ,
- capital of new hampshire ,
- care ,
- carry ,
- carry on ,
- carrying into action ,
- carrying out ,
- cartel ,
- caudex ,
- celebrate ,
- ceremonial ,
- ceremonial occasion ,
- ceremony ,
- certification ,
- certify ,
- channel ,
- check into ,
- check mark ,
- check off ,
- check out ,
- check over ,
- check up on ,
- check-out procedure ,
- checker ,
- checkout ,
- chemical bond ,
- cheque ,
- chequer ,
- chink ,
- chip ,
- chit ,
- citation ,
- cite ,
- civility ,
- clapping ,
- claudication ,
- clear ,
- closeness ,
- closure ,
- co-occur ,
- co-occurrence ,
- cockiness ,
- coincidence ,
- collusion ,
- colonisation ,
- colonization ,
- colony ,
- combine ,
- commendation ,
- commensurateness ,
- commit ,
- commitment ,
- commonplace ,
- communication channel ,
- compact car ,
- compendious ,
- complete ,
- compress ,
- computer memory ,
- computer storage ,
- concentrate ,
- conciliate ,
- concordat ,
- condense ,
- condition ,
- conduct ,
- confide ,
- configuration ,
- confirmation ,
- conform to ,
- conformism ,
- congruence ,
- congruousness ,
- conjunction ,
- conniption ,
- conquering ,
- conquest ,
- consider ,
- consistence ,
- consort ,
- constipate ,
- constrict ,
- contain ,
- contemptibility ,
- contend ,
- contour ,
- contract bridge ,
- contrast ,
- control ,
- convening ,
- conventionalism ,
- convulsion ,
- cooccur ,
- cool ,
- cope ,
- corporate trust ,
- correctitude ,
- correspond ,
- corroborate ,
- course ,
- course credit ,
- court ,
- cover ,
- crack ,
- craziness ,
- crease ,
- credenza ,
- credit entry ,
- credit line ,
- credit rating ,
- crinkle ,
- cultism ,
- curb ,
- custom-made ,
- customs ,
- customs duty ,
- cut ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- deaf-and-dumb person ,
- deaf-mute ,
- deal out ,
- dealership ,
- declaration ,
- dedication ,
- defection ,
- defend ,
- deferred payment ,
- defy ,
- degradation ,
- delay ,
- delineate ,
- deliver ,
- demarcation ,
- dense ,
- depart ,
- dependance ,
- dependency ,
- depot ,
- descent ,
- describe ,
- desertion ,
- desire ,
- despicability ,
- despicableness ,
- detect ,
- determine ,
- deterrent ,
- devotedness ,
- digest ,
- dim ,
- discernment ,
- discipline ,
- discover ,
- dish out ,
- dismissal ,
- dismission ,
- dispatch ,
- dispense ,
- dissent ,
- distribute ,
- dividing line ,
- divine service ,
- divvy up ,
- documentation ,
- dole out ,
- dominance ,
- dramatise ,
- dramatize ,
- draw ,
- draw together ,
- drink ,
- drop ,
- drop off ,
- dull ,
- earmark ,
- ease up ,
- ebullience ,
- eject ,
- elan ,
- electric arc ,
- electric discharge ,
- embrace ,
- emission ,
- empower ,
- empty ,
- encounter ,
- endure ,
- ensure ,
- enter ,
- entrance fee ,
- entrance money ,
- entree ,
- entrepot ,
- entrust ,
- entry ,
- equip ,
- espousal ,
- espouse ,
- esteem ,
- exculpate ,
- execution ,
- exhaust ,
- exit ,
- exonerate ,
- expel ,
- expelling ,
- experience ,
- expiation ,
- exuberance ,
- facility ,
- fall ,
- farewell ,
- farm animal ,
- fashion ,
- favorable reception ,
- favourableness ,
- feeling ,
- fend ,
- fend for ,
- fervency ,
- fervidness ,
- fervor ,
- fervour ,
- fidelity ,
- fill ,
- financial backing ,
- financial support ,
- find ,
- find out ,
- fine ,
- fink ,
- fire ,
- firing ,
- firing off ,
- fit in ,
- fit out ,
- fitting ,
- flexibleness ,
- flirt with ,
- flock ,
- follow ,
- folly ,
- foolery ,
- forbearance ,
- forebode ,
- foregone conclusion ,
- foreshorten ,
- foretell ,
- forget ,
- form ,
- formalities ,
- formalness ,
- formula ,
- forsaking ,
- free ,
- fruit ,
- fulfil ,
- fulfill ,
- fulfilment ,
- fulsomeness ,
- functioning ,
- fund ,
- funding ,
- furrow ,
- generate ,
- genuflexion ,
- geometrical regularity ,
- get ,
- get by ,
- get out ,
- gibe ,
- gillyflower ,
- gimp ,
- gimpiness ,
- give ,
- give up ,
- give way ,
- giving up ,
- go ,
- go away ,
- go for ,
- go forth ,
- go off ,
- go out ,
- go over ,
- good deal ,
- good will ,
- good-humoredness ,
- good-humouredness ,
- good-temperedness ,
- grace ,
- grant ,
- grapple ,
- gratification ,
- great deal ,
- groveling ,
- guarantee ,
- guarantor ,
- guardianship ,
- gunstock ,
- habituation ,
- hackneyed ,
- halt ,
- hamper ,
- hand ,
- hand clapping ,
- handicap ,
- handle ,
- harbor ,
- harbour ,
- harmoniousness ,
- harmonise ,
- harmonize ,
- hatful ,
- have ,
- heap ,
- heavyset ,
- help ,
- hindrance ,
- hitch ,
- hive away ,
- hold ,
- hold back ,
- hold fast ,
- hold in ,
- hold out ,
- hold over ,
- hold up ,
- holding ,
- honor ,
- honoring ,
- honour ,
- hostage ,
- humoring ,
- hunky-dory ,
- hyponymy ,
- identification ,
- impart ,
- impediment ,
- impost ,
- impression ,
- imprimatur ,
- impropriety ,
- include ,
- incur ,
- indecorum ,
- indorse ,
- indulging ,
- inexplicit ,
- inspection and repair ,
- insure ,
- intellect ,
- intrigue ,
- intromit ,
- intrust ,
- inventory ,
- invite ,
- issue ,
- jib ,
- jibe ,
- job ,
- judicial admission ,
- keenness ,
- keep ,
- keep an eye on ,
- keep going ,
- kisser ,
- kneel ,
- know ,
- knuckle under ,
- lameness ,
- laxness ,
- lay in ,
- lead ,
- learn ,
- leave alone ,
- leave behind ,
- leave of absence ,
- leave-taking ,
- leeway ,
- lenity ,
- let ,
- let alone ,
- let in ,
- lexington ,
- liberation ,
- limping ,
- line of business ,
- line of credit ,
- line of descent ,
- line of merchandise ,
- line of products ,
- line of reasoning ,
- line of work ,
- lineage ,
- liquidation ,
- live with ,
- livelihood ,
- livestock ,
- living ,
- loathsomeness ,
- lodge ,
- logical argument ,
- look at ,
- look into ,
- lot ,
- lousiness ,
- low quality ,
- lower rank ,
- lower status ,
- lunacy ,
- maintain ,
- make do ,
- make out ,
- manage ,
- mandate ,
- margin ,
- mark ,
- mark off ,
- mass ,
- mastery ,
- match ,
- meet ,
- meeting of minds ,
- melodic line ,
- melodic phrase ,
- melody ,
- memory ,
- memory board ,
- mention ,
- mess ,
- mete out ,
- mickle ,
- mildness ,
- military service ,
- minginess ,
- mint ,
- mode ,
- moderate ,
- modification ,
- mountain ,
- move over ,
- muckle ,
- muffle ,
- mug ,
- mum ,
- musical accompaniment ,
- musical arrangement ,
- musical harmony ,
- muster out ,
- narrow ,
- neckcloth ,
- nefariousness ,
- niceness ,
- niggardliness ,
- nonviolence ,
- normal ,
- note ,
- notice ,
- notion ,
- nurse ,
- obligate ,
- obligation ,
- oblige ,
- obscureness ,
- obsequious ,
- observation ,
- obtain ,
- obtuse ,
- occupation ,
- oiliness ,
- okeh ,
- okey ,
- okla. ,
- oklahoma ,
- old-hat ,
- oleaginousness ,
- openness ,
- operation ,
- opinion ,
- optimistic ,
- organisation ,
- organization ,
- organized religion ,
- origin ,
- ossification ,
- outfit ,
- outpouring ,
- output ,
- overhaul ,
- pacificism ,
- pacifism ,
- pack ,
- pack together ,
- pampering ,
- parcel out ,
- parentage ,
- paroxysm ,
- parsimoniousness ,
- parsimony ,
- parting ,
- pass ,
- pass on ,
- passel ,
- patience ,
- patronage ,
- patronise ,
- patronize ,
- pattern ,
- pay ,
- payoff ,
- peck ,
- pedigree ,
- permissiveness ,
- personal credit line ,
- personal line of credit ,
- personal manner ,
- phiz ,
- phone line ,
- physiognomy ,
- pick up ,
- pile ,
- pipeline ,
- placement ,
- plasticity ,
- plausive ,
- plenty ,
- pliantness ,
- plight ,
- plow ,
- plump for ,
- plunk for ,
- poise ,
- portion out ,
- positiveness ,
- positivity ,
- postpone ,
- pot ,
- potency ,
- powder compact ,
- precondition ,
- predict ,
- preparation ,
- preparedness ,
- press ,
- price of admission ,
- primed ,
- prise ,
- prize ,
- proceeds ,
- product line ,
- production ,
- production line ,
- profess ,
- profitableness ,
- profound ,
- prognosticate ,
- properness ,
- proportionateness ,
- prorogue ,
- protest ,
- provide ,
- public presentation ,
- pull up stakes ,
- punctuality ,
- pushiness ,
- put down ,
- put in ,
- put off ,
- put over ,
- put up ,
- quite a little ,
- quotation ,
- raft ,
- rail line ,
- railway line ,
- rapprochement ,
- reactivity ,
- readjustment ,
- realisation ,
- realization ,
- reason ,
- reassert ,
- receipt ,
- recognise ,
- recognize ,
- reconcile ,
- reduce ,
- reenforcement ,
- reference ,
- refuse ,
- regard ,
- registration ,
- reinforcement ,
- reject ,
- release ,
- relent ,
- religion ,
- religious belief ,
- religious service ,
- remark ,
- remissness ,
- remit ,
- render ,
- repulsiveness ,
- reserve ,
- resolution ,
- response ,
- responsibility ,
- result ,
- retard ,
- retention ,
- return ,
- rightness ,
- rise to power ,
- rite ,
- rule ,
- run ,
- run along ,
- sack ,
- sacking ,
- safekeeping ,
- salt away ,
- salute ,
- sanctionative ,
- sang-froid ,
- satisfy ,
- savvy ,
- say-so ,
- scene ,
- scheme ,
- seal ,
- seam ,
- second ,
- secondment ,
- secret approval ,
- security ,
- see ,
- see to it ,
- self-assurance ,
- self-confidence ,
- self-indulgence ,
- sell ,
- serfhood ,
- serve ,
- service of process ,
- servicing ,
- serving ,
- set ,
- set aside ,
- set back ,
- set down ,
- shackle ,
- shape ,
- share ,
- shell out ,
- shelve ,
- shop ,
- shopworn ,
- shore leave ,
- short letter ,
- shorten ,
- shrink ,
- sight ,
- sign ,
- sign on ,
- sign up ,
- slackness ,
- slew ,
- slow ,
- small town ,
- smartness ,
- smiler ,
- soften ,
- softwood ,
- sooner state ,
- sordidness ,
- spark ,
- spate ,
- specification ,
- speechless ,
- sprout ,
- squeal ,
- squeeze ,
- stack ,
- stack away ,
- stand ,
- stand firm ,
- standard ,
- stash away ,
- statement ,
- stay ,
- stemma ,
- sternness ,
- stick ,
- stick out ,
- stick to ,
- still ,
- stock certificate ,
- stock up ,
- stock warrant ,
- stock-purchase warrant ,
- stockpile ,
- stocky ,
- stomach ,
- stop ,
- stoppage ,
- storage ,
- storehouse ,
- strain ,
- stringency ,
- style ,
- subduedness ,
- subjugation ,
- submit ,
- subscribe ,
- subscriber line ,
- subservientness ,
- substance ,
- substantiate ,
- substantiation ,
- succinct ,
- succumb ,
- suffer ,
- suit ,
- summary ,
- suppleness ,
- supporting ,
- sure thing ,
- sustain ,
- sustenance ,
- swallow ,
- sweep up ,
- sycophantic ,
- symmetricalness ,
- symmetry ,
- sympathy ,
- system ,
- tab ,
- table ,
- table service ,
- tacit consent ,
- take ,
- take in ,
- take into account ,
- take note ,
- take on ,
- take over ,
- take up ,
- takings ,
- tally ,
- tantrum ,
- tariff ,
- telephone circuit ,
- telephone line ,
- thanksgiving ,
- thick ,
- thickset ,
- think about ,
- think of ,
- threadbare ,
- tick ,
- tick off ,
- tidy sum ,
- tie ,
- tie down ,
- tie up ,
- tightfistedness ,
- tightness ,
- timeworn ,
- timidness ,
- timorousness ,
- tired ,
- toadyish ,
- toast ,
- tolerate ,
- tomfoolery ,
- tone down ,
- tongueless ,
- toy with ,
- trace ,
- trade ,
- traditionality ,
- train ,
- trammel ,
- transcription ,
- transmission line ,
- treat ,
- trite ,
- trueness ,
- truss ,
- trustfulness ,
- trustingness ,
- tune ,
- turn back ,
- ugliness ,
- unction ,
- underpin ,
- understood ,
- undertake ,
- unfathomed ,
- unfavorable position ,
- uniformness ,
- unimportance ,
- unload ,
- unplumbed ,
- unquestioning ,
- unspoken ,
- usage ,
- usance ,
- valuation account ,
- valuation reserve ,
- value ,
- veneration ,
- venting ,
- verification ,
- version ,
- very well ,
- village ,
- visage ,
- wad ,
- waiver ,
- warrantee ,
- warranter ,
- warrantor ,
- warranty ,
- wassail ,
- watch ,
- watch over ,
- watching ,
- way ,
- well-worn ,
- wickedness ,
- will ,
- wink at ,
- withstand ,
- word meaning ,
- word sense ,
- wordless ,
- wormlike ,
- wormy ,
- wrinkle .
- Abjectness ,
- Accedence ,
- Acception ,
- Adaption ,
- Affirmance ,
- Agnition ,
- Allowing ,
- Assentation ,
- Assentment ,
- Aye ,
- Conformability ,
- Duteousness ,
- Granting ,
- Reconcilement ,
- Servileness ,
- Sycophantism ,
- Toadying ,
- Toadyism ,
- Yieldance ,
- abandonment ,
- abjection ,
- accede ,
- accept ,
- acceptation ,
- acclimation ,
- acclimatization ,
- accommodate ,
- accommodation ,
- acknowledge ,
- acknowledgement ,
- acknowledgment ,
- acquiesce ,
- acquittal ,
- acquittance ,
- adaptability ,
- adaptation ,
- adjustment ,
- admission ,
- admit ,
- adopt ,
- affirmative ,
- affirmative voice ,
- agree ,
- agreeability ,
- agreeableness ,
- agreement in principle ,
- alacrity ,
- allow ,
- applause ,
- apple-polishing ,
- approbation ,
- approve ,
- ardor ,
- ardour ,
- arse-kissing ,
- arse-licking ,
- ass-kissing ,
- ass-licking ,
- assent to ,
- assurance ,
- assuredness ,
- authorization ,
- authorize ,
- avowal ,
- baseness ,
- be agreeable to ,
- belief ,
- biddability ,
- bind ,
- blessing ,
- boot-licking ,
- brown-nosing ,
- cede ,
- certainty ,
- check ,
- cheerful consent ,
- coincide ,
- comply ,
- concede ,
- concession ,
- concur ,
- confess ,
- confession ,
- confession of faith ,
- confidence ,
- confirm ,
- conformation ,
- connivance ,
- connive ,
- connive at ,
- consent to ,
- conventionality ,
- cooperativeness ,
- correspondence ,
- countenance ,
- credence ,
- credit ,
- credulity ,
- cringing ,
- defer ,
- dependence ,
- discharge ,
- dumb ,
- dutifulness ,
- eagerness ,
- endorse ,
- enfranchisement ,
- entertain ,
- enthusiasm ,
- faith ,
- fall in with ,
- favorable disposition ,
- favorableness ,
- fawning ,
- fit ,
- flattery ,
- flexibility ,
- forwardness ,
- franchise ,
- gameness ,
- general agreement ,
- give in ,
- go along with ,
- goodwill ,
- grovelling ,
- harmony ,
- hope ,
- implicit ,
- indulgence ,
- keeping ,
- kneeling ,
- laxity ,
- leave ,
- lenience ,
- leniency ,
- liberty ,
- licence ,
- license ,
- line ,
- malleability ,
- mean-spiritedness ,
- meanness ,
- mute ,
- nod ,
- nod at ,
- nonresistance ,
- nonviolent resistance ,
- obey ,
- obsequiousness ,
- observe ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- orthodoxy ,
- parallelism ,
- passive resistance ,
- passiveness ,
- passivity ,
- performance ,
- permission ,
- permit ,
- pliability ,
- pliancy ,
- promptitude ,
- promptness ,
- quietism ,
- readiness ,
- receive ,
- reception ,
- receptiveness ,
- receptivity ,
- recognition ,
- reconciliation ,
- reliance ,
- resignedness ,
- respectfulness ,
- responsiveness ,
- sanctioning ,
- satisfaction ,
- service ,
- silent ,
- sliminess ,
- smarminess ,
- soundless ,
- stock ,
- store ,
- strictness ,
- submittal ,
- subscribe to ,
- sufferance ,
- supineness ,
- support ,
- sureness ,
- surety ,
- suspension of disbelief ,
- sycophancy ,
- tacit ,
- timidity ,
- tolerance ,
- toleration ,
- traditionalism ,
- truckling ,
- trust ,
- unassertiveness ,
- unctuousness ,
- uniformity ,
- unsounded ,
- vileness ,
- warrant ,
- welcome ,
- wheedling ,
- yield ,
- yielding ,
- zeal ,
- zealousness .
- Dedition ,
- Good Naturedness ,
- acceptance ,
- asservation ,
- bowings ,
- canonization ,
- canonizations ,
- co-operation ,
- co-operations ,
- complaisance ,
- condonance ,
- consent ,
- defeatism ,
- deference ,
- empowerment ,
- gainings ,
- giving way ,
- good-naturedness ,
- goodnaturedness ,
- lettings ,
- obedience ,
- obligingness ,
- obtainings ,
- passivism ,
- pliabilty ,
- politeness ,
- resignation ,
- sanctification ,
- seal of approval ,
- subjection ,
- submission ,
- submissions ,
- surrender .
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How to use "Acquiescence" in context?
Acquiescence is a word derived from Latin meaning "to agree". Acquiescence can be defined as a passive response to an order, request, or demand, in which a person acquiesces without protest or objection. Acquiescence occurs when a person passively concedes to the demands of a more powerful person, group, or institution. Acquiescence can be seen as a sign of respect or submission.
Paraphrases for Acquiescence:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
acceptance, agreement, quiescence.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
tacit.
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Noun, singular or mass
acceptability, accordance, approval, blessing, compliance, endorsement, Privity, go-ahead.
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Verb, base form
condone.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
acknowledgement, backing, collusion, complacency, complicity, concurrence, connivance, indulgence, leniency, permission, tolerance, toleration.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Acquiescence:
n.
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state
acceptance.
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state
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