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What does acquiesce mean?

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  1. (in) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.
  2. (intransitive) To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
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To argue otherwise now is to acquiesce in a rhetoric which those of us who accept universal human rights have no choice but to reject as racist.
If we do not make a stand, we will acquiesce to our positioning as mere spectators in the construction of our society.
To counter this threat, futilitarians are moving on two fronts to all but guarantee that courts will ultimately acquiesce to futile care theory.
War is necessary, as a last resort, for resolving disputes between states that cannot agree and will not acquiesce.
Her request was granted, although the hospital doesn't usually acquiesce to such appeals.
So, it turned out that White had to acquiesce to the exchange of Bishop for Knight after all!

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