Complete Definition of "acquiescent"

English

Etymology
Latin acquiescens, -entis; present participle

Adjective
en-adj

  1. willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
  2. resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.

See also
quiescent

References
Webster 1913

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