Acquiesce Definition

ăkwē-ĕs

acquiesced, acquiesces, acquiescing

verb

acquiesced, acquiesces, acquiescing

To consent or comply passively or without protest.

American Heritage

To agree or consent quietly without protest, but without enthusiasm.

To acquiesce in a decision.

Webster's New World

(intransitive) 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; — followed by "in", sometimes also by "with" and "to".

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.

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Origin of Acquiesce

From Middle French acquiescer, from Latin acquiescere; ad + quiescere ("to be quiet"), from quies ("rest").

From Wiktionary
Latin acquiēscere ad- ad- quiēscere to rest kweiə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition