Definition of "acquiesce" []

• To consent or comply passively or without protest. See Synonyms at assent. (verb-intransitive)

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• "But if we again acquiesce we will be reduced to sad and pathetic footnotes in our accelerating transformation from a democracy to a totalitarian corporate state."
• "Off the top of my head, "acquiesce" is pretty cool."
• "Instead of me going through life hoping that God is following me around in whatever mess I find myself in this time, it’s actually him that’s leading the way through it all if I acquiesce, that is."