EGAVE

acquiesce

About 0.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb 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. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with in or to or with]
  2. verb To concur upon conviction; to accept tacitly; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
    to acquiesce in an opinion

Similar words

comply assent accede accept consent grant agree cede assign divest

Often followed by

in to and with or without under when for

Word family

acquiesced acquiesces acquiescing

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