Examples of 'acquiesce' in a sentence
Meaning of "acquiesce"
Acquiesce (verb): To accept, agree, or comply with something reluctantly but without protest. It is often used to describe the act of yielding or giving in to a request, demand, or pressure
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- (intransitive, with in (or sometimes with, to)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.
- To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.
- To concur upon conviction; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
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We should not acquiesce in such illegal conduct.
The crowd of regime followers acquiesce to this.
I will not acquiesce to these ridiculous demands.
Only after that did the army acquiesce.
The three fathers acquiesce to this arrangement.
We acquiesce to this arrangement with our silence.
We will not accept or acquiesce to this injustice.
They acquiesce that they are a mere mortal.
The employer is obliged to acquiesce to such a request.
Do not acquiesce in superficial explanations and solutions.
So there is still incentive for you to acquiesce.
The child might acquiesce to the demand.
Acquiesce to the pain and it will pass.
Sweden is told to acquiesce to the fait accompli.
I acquiesce out of respect for our teacher.
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Sooner or later most of them will acquiesce.
You do not need to acquiesce in triplicate.
It is your right to ask and my duty to acquiesce.
Those who acquiesce to my demands will be treated fairly.
He gave them the time to acquiesce to them.
Acquiesce in the use of a trade mark.
Your husband will acquiesce in anything.
Would not be patriotic not to acquiesce.
For many seem inclined to acquiesce in so dishonourable a future.
I have already asked him to acquiesce.
Those of you who acquiesce to my demands.
Though we scorn convention and will not acquiesce to it.
And people do not acquiesce easily to that situation.
And companies will be forced to acquiesce.
They are required to acquiesce in such searches.
The young man had no choice but to acquiesce.
It is not helpful to acquiesce simply to keep the peace.
She had no choice but to acquiesce.
Steve seemed to acquiesce in the decision.
The banks know when they have to acquiesce.
They intend to acquiesce to the faith of their fathers.
One wants submissive people who acquiesce in a system.
Those of you who acquiesce to my demands will be treated fairly.
I told you that he will not acquiesce so easily.
Is if you acquiesce to my final demand.
The other can only acquiesce.
Of mankind will acquiesce in any arrangement which gives them.
The least he could do was acquiesce a request.
Does he acquiesce with a rueful grin.
A faithful love must acquiesce.
The gods acquiesce and turn her into a tree.
Sometimes felt obliged to acquiesce.
He will not acquiesce so soon.
I humbly advise you to acquiesce.
Nor did he acquiesce only from.