acquiescence
Acceptance without protest
Acquiescence is quiet acceptance or agreement without protest.
It implies going along with something rather than actively endorsing it—consent through silence or passivity: Her acquiescence to the plan surprised no one.
The word often carries a note of resignation or reluctant compliance: The workers' acquiescence kept wages low for years.
Adhering to requirements
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- yieldingBending under pressure
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- conformityAdherence to norms
docility · subservience · meekness · tractability · amenability · biddability · submissiveness · pliability
Refusal to oppose force
- inertiaResistance to altered motion
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- indifferenceLack of interest
lethargy · torpor · quiescence · listlessness · languor · detachment · disengagement · supineness
Shared position between parties
- assentFormal expression of approval
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- concurrenceState of agreeing
- approvalFavorable opinion given
permission · accession · concession · endorsement · sanction · ratification · authorization · affirmation
Understood without words
- unspokenNot verbally expressed
- implicitUnderstood without being stated
- wordlessLacking spoken content
- muteWithout voice or sound
reticence · unprotesting · uncomplaining · voiceless · unexpressed · unvoiced · taciturnity · muteness
compliance
Adhering to requirements
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- yieldingBending under pressure
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
conformity · docility · subservience · meekness · tractability · amenability · biddability · submissiveness · pliability · capitulation
nonresistance
Refusal to oppose force
- inertiaResistance to altered motion
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- apathyAbsence of feeling
indifference · lethargy · torpor · quiescence · listlessness · languor · detachment · disengagement · supineness · unresponsiveness
agreement
Shared position between parties
- assentFormal expression of approval
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- concurrenceState of agreeing
approval · permission · accession · concession · endorsement · sanction · ratification · authorization · affirmation · nod
tacit
Understood without words
mute · reticence · unprotesting · uncomplaining · voiceless · unexpressed · unvoiced · taciturnity · muteness · reserve
- agreementagree, accord, yes, yeah, yep
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- obedienceobedience, compliance, subordination, deference, docility
- permissionpermission granted, granted, allowed, permitted, authorization
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
acquiescenceresistance
Capacity to withstand force
defiance · rebellion · disobedience · insubordination · recalcitrance
acquiescenceobjection
Expression of disapproval
protest · dissent · disagreement · opposition · challenge
acquiescenceresistance
Capacity to withstand force
struggle · fight · opposition · confrontation · assertion