acquiescent

English

Etymology

From Latin acquiescens, -entis; present participle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æˈkwi.ɛsn̩t/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

acquiescent (comparative more acquiescent, superlative most acquiescent)

1. willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
   • 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:

     This view is reflected in the novelist's stock portrait of the white-man-in-exile's dusky mistress; an acquiescent shadow, who comes to life only if thrown aside, when, sinister and vindictive, she is ready with the wasting poison.

2. resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit

   an acquiescent policy

Synonyms

• (conceding to a sin or crime): complicit

Derived terms

• acquiescently
• inacquiescent
• nonacquiescent
• unacquiescent

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷyeh₁- (0 c, 18 e)

Translations

willing to acquiesce

• Catalan: aquiescent
• Dutch: welwillend (nl), inschikkelijk (nl)
• Finnish: myöntyväinen (fi)
• French: bienveillant (fr), indulgent (fr)
• Italian: accondiscendente (it), remissivo (it)
• Polish: spolegliwy (pl)
• Spanish: aquiescente (es)

resting satisfied or submissive

• Dutch: weltevreden, onderdanig (nl)
• French: docile (fr), soumis (fr)
• Portuguese: aquiescente
• Ukrainian: покі́рний (pokírnyj), покі́рливий (pokírlyvyj)

See also

• quiescent

References

• “acquiescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

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Verb

acquiescent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of acquiescer

Latin

Verb

acquiēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of acquiēscō