Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acquiescent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acquiescent \Ac`qui*es"cent\, a. [L. acquiescens, -centis; p.
pr.]
Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit;
assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acquiescent
adj : willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without
protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"; "a
gentle and biddable soul"; "children compliant with the
parental will" [syn: {biddable}, {compliant}]
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