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Webster 1913 Edition

Acquiescence

Acˊqui-es′cence

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
acquiescence
.]
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.
(Crim. Law)
(a)
Submission to an injury by the party injured.
(b)
Tacit concurrence in the action of another.
Wharton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Acquiescence

ACQUIES'CENCE

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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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