Synonyms of acquiescence

acquiescence

noun

ˌa-kwē-ˈe-sᵊn(t)s 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obedience
• assent
• deference
• submissiveness
• docility
• compliance
• compliancy
• humoring
• subservience
• acceptance
• complaisance
• consent
• servility
• receptivity
• subserviency
• obsequiousness
• biddability
• receptiveness
• surrender
• slavishness
• conformity
• capitulation
• amenability
• amiability
• submission
• friendliness
• indulgence
• cooperativeness
• cordiality
• geniality
• affability
• sociability
• amicability
• good-naturedness
• congeniality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defiance
• disobedience
• hostility
• recalcitrance
• animosity
• enmity
• intractability
• antipathy
• ill will

Examples of acquiescence in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In short order, though, she was tasked with adjudicating the initial collection of evidence from Mar-a-Lago, earning a rebuke from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for her acquiescence to arguments made by Trump’s legal team. —Philip Bump, Washington Post, 15 July 2024

Charting a middle path between aggression and acquiescence holds the best hope of limiting the risk of a conflict in the South China Sea. —Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2024

This is distinct from power, Caesar, the external authority that also constrains our ability to act, but does so forcefully and does not require acquiescence, but simply constrains us by using law or power or prison. —Robert Sirico, National Review, 24 June 2024

For Yerevan, Azerbaijan’s seizure of the territory last fall, with Russian acquiescence, became the last straw. —Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024