acquiesce
/ˌakwɪˈɛs
/verb [no object]
Accept something reluctantly but without protest: Sara acquiesced in his decision...
- The police reluctantly acquiesced to the proposals given no alternatives were offered.
- However, to understand is not to acquiesce in or accept these developments.
- Then folding the map away, he instructed her to start driving again and Andrea reluctantly acquiesced.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin acquiescere, from ad- 'to, at' + quiescere 'to rest'.
There is a notion of peacefully leaving an argument unspoken in acquiesce which comes from Latin acquiescere, from ad- ‘at’ and quiescere ‘to rest’.
Rhymes
- on the crest of a wave
- on the decrease
- on the defensive
- on the door
- on the dot
- on the downgrade
- on the drawing board
- on the edge of one's seat
- on the face of it
- on the fiddle
- on-the-field
- on the flat
- on the fly
- on the front foot
- on the game
- on the go
- on the grog
- on the ground
- on the hip
- on the home front
- on the hoof
- on the hook for
- on the hop
- on the horizon
- on the horn