ACQUIESCENCE

ACQUIES'CENCE, noun A quiet assent; a silent submission, or submission with apparent content; distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; as, an acquiescence in the decisions of a court, or in the allotments of providence.

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acquiescence. Acquiescence, n. consent, compliance, submission

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Ac′qui‐es″cence (�), n. [[Cf. F. acquiescence.]] 1. 1. A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; — distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
2. 2. (Crim. Law) (a) Submission to an injury by the party injured. (b) Tacit concurrence in the action of another. Wharton.