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Definition of Acquiescent
1. Adjective. Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest. "Too acquiescent to challenge authority"
Definition of Acquiescent
1. a. Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
Definition of Acquiescent
1. Adjective. willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance ¹
2. Adjective. resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acquiescent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acquiescent
Literary usage of Acquiescent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"Here, at once, ere, in fact, it was begun, this business ended : Dr. Burney was
acquiescent: and Mrs. Crewe was far too high-bred a character to prosecute ..."
2. Consumer Survey Information in a Reforming Health Care System edited by James R. Knickman, Clifton R. Gaus (1999)
"acquiescent response set. The opportunity to control for acquiescent response set,
... acquiescent responding, the tendency to agree with attitudinal ..."
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