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Word entry · 9 letters

acquiesce

Best crossword clue

"Agree without protest"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˌækwiˈɛs/Part of speech verbSorted acceeiqsuStarts with AEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. to agree or express agreement

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French acquiescer, from Latin acquiescō; ad + quiescō (“to rest”), from quies (“rest”).

Used in a sentence

  • They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just.
  • "They" might be ruining the world, but Mitchell's characters, by doing nothing but bitching, are only acquiescing in that ruin, and that is a luxury that neither they — nor we — can afford.
  • to acquiesce in an opinion

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