Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Acquiescence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acquiescence \Ac`qui*es"cence\, n. [Cf. F. acquiescence.]
1. A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission
with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed
consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition
or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
2. (Crim. Law)
(a) Submission to an injury by the party injured.
(b) Tacit concurrence in the action of another. --Wharton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acquiescence
n 1: acceptance without protest
2: agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he
gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from
the assembly" [syn: {assent}]
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