Acquiesce Definition

To accept or comply with something without protest, often reluctantly or passively.

Common in formal, academic, and educated writing but less frequent in everyday conversation.

Acquiesce is a verb.

Acquiesce has high GRE relevance.

Acquiesce appears in GregMat vocabulary.

Acquiesce Synonyms

agree , assent , comply , consent , submit

How To Use Acquiesce In A Sentence

  1. After hours of negotiation, the board finally acquiesced to the revised terms.
  2. Although she disagreed with the decision, she acquiesced rather than prolong the dispute.
  3. The residents refused to acquiesce in the proposed zoning changes.
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