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Verb: acquiesce  ,a-kwee'es
  1. To agree or express agreement
    "The Maestro acquiesced to the request for an encore";
    - assent, accede
     
  2. Yield to another's wish or opinion
    "The government acquiesced to the military pressure";
    - submit, bow[2], defer, accede, give in

Derived forms: acquiesced, acquiesces, acquiescing

Type of: agree, buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb, yield

Antonym: dissent

Encyclopedia: Acquiesce