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[ noun ] passive acceptance
Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)He did not , however , settle back into acquiescence with things as they were . (Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)Again , Henley 's attitude of defiance which colors his ideal of self mastery is far from characteristic of a Stoic thinker like Marcus_Aurelius , whose gentle acquiescence is almost Christian , comparable_to the patience expressed in Milton 's sonnet on his own blindness . (Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)Thus , for non negative changes in the basic wage rate , the industry becomes the active wage_setter , since any increase in the basic wage rate can occur only by reason of industry acquiescence . Related terms |
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[ noun ] agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
Examples "he gave his assent eagerly" "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" Used in print (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)They must do something with the acquiescence of the latter , or some of them , which amounts to an acceptance of the law in its entirety beyond all possibility of misconstruction '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] acceptance without protest
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