acquiescent adj : willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"; "a gentle and biddable soul"; "children compliant with the parental will" [syn: biddable, compliant]

English

Etymology

acquiescens, -entis; present participle

Pronunciation

• /æˈkwɪi.ɛsn̩t/ a UK

Adjective

1. willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
2. resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.

See also

• quiescent

References

• Webster 1913

French

Verb

1. Form of Third-person plural present indicative, acquiescer
2. Form of Third-person plural present subjunctive, acquiescer

abject, accepting, accommodating, accordant, acquiescing, adaptable, adapting, adaptive, adjustable, adjusting, affirmative, agreeable, agreed, agreeing, alacritous, amenable, approving, ardent, assentatious, assenting, complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, conceding, concessive, conformable, conforming, consentient, consenting, content, cooperative, devoted, disposed, docile, duteous, dutiful, eager, endorsing, enthusiastic, fain, faithful, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, flexible, forward, game, humble, in the mind, in the mood, inclined, law-abiding, loyal, malleable, meek, minded, nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive, nothing loath, obedient, other-directed, passive, permissive, plastic, pliant, predisposed, prompt, prone, quick, ratifying, ready, ready and willing, receptive, reconciled, resigned, responsive, sanctioning, servile, submissive, subservient, supine, tractable, unassertive, uncomplaining, ungrudging, unloath, unrefusing, unreluctant, unresistant, unresisting, well-disposed, well-inclined, willed, willing, willinghearted, yielding, zealous