acquiescence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French acquiescence.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæk.wiːˈɛs.əns/

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Noun

acquiescence (countable and uncountable, plural acquiescences)

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. (law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.

Quotations

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Synonyms

• sufferance

Related terms

• acquiesce

Translations

silent or passive assent

• Catalan: aquiescència f, consentiment (ca) m
• Dutch: stilzwijgende instemming f
• French: acquiescement (fr) m, consentement (fr)
• German: Duldung (de) f, Einwilligung (de) f, Einverständnis (de) n, Fügung (de) f, Zustimmung (de) f, Inkaufnahme f, Ergebung f, Beistimmung f, Akquieszenz f, stillschweigende Billigung f, stillschweigende Zustimmung f, stillschweigende Einwilligung f
• Greek: συναίνεση (el) f (synaínesi), συγκατάθεση (el) f (sygkatáthesi)
• Hebrew: הַסְכָּמָה שֶׁבִּשְׁתִיקָה‎ (he) f (haskamá šebištiqá)
• Hungarian: belenyugvás (hu), beletörődés (hu), beleegyezés (hu)
• Italian: acquiescenza (it) f
• Japanese: 黙認 (ja) (もくにん, mokunin)
• Polish: potulność (pl) f, przyzwolenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: aquiescência (pt) f
• Russian: молчали́вое согла́сие n (molčalívoje soglásije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: попуштање, прѝстанак m

  Roman: popuštanje, prìstanak (sh) m

• Spanish: aquiescencia (es) f, consentimiento (es) m
• Swedish: medgivande (sv), underkastelse (sv), eftergivenhet (sv)

inaction to take legal recourse which implies the abandonment of a right

• Dutch: rechtsverwerking f
• French: péremption (fr) f
• German: Verwirkung f, stillschweigende Hinnahme f, Hinnahme (de) f, Unterwerfung (de) f
• Italian: perenzione (it) f
• Portuguese: perempção (pt) f
• Spanish: perención (es) f