as in obedience
a readiness or willingness to yield to the wishes of others
good manners demanded our cheerful acquiescence to our host's plans for dinner
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Recent Examples of acquiescence
Even now, after more than two and a half years of fighting, most polling shows Russians generally displaying support, or at least acquiescence, to the war, although some dents appear to be showing.
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Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
These nuns will also act as silent servants, ferrying the men’s food from kitchen to table with cheerful acquiescence.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Indeed, acquiescence is its own form of tacit support.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Maintaining dialogue without setting conditions or applying leverage can easily slip into acquiescence.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
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Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
These nuns will also act as silent servants, ferrying the men’s food from kitchen to table with cheerful acquiescence.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Indeed, acquiescence is its own form of tacit support.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Maintaining dialogue without setting conditions or applying leverage can easily slip into acquiescence.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for acquiescence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiescence
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Ensure commands are paired with rewards or positive experiences to encourage obedience.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Democrats specifically held out hope that Utah's religious culture of obedience would weigh on voters' reaction to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot and Trump's felony convictions, driving down Republican support.Erin Alberty, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
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But a 21-day cease-fire was brokered by France and the United States in September, only for Israel to almost immediately reverse its initial assent.Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2024
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New macOS Permissions Even before Sequoia, macOS was already a needy operating system, regularly seeking assent to let apps or services behave in certain ways.Barry Collins, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Such deference to character development over world-building — especially considering the series leads the charge into DC’s new universe — is even more endearing than Gunn’s clear compassion for his misunderstood monsters.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
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During Tuesday's episode of the Pod Save America podcast, Stephanie Cutter, Harris' campaign adviser, said the vice president wasn't willing to depart from the precedent of deference to the president during her campaign.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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