acquiesce
/ak-wee-ESS/verbto accept something reluctantly but without protest
“She acquiesced to the schedule change rather than fight it.”
- Synonyms
- consent, comply, concede
- Antonyms
- resist, object
- Root
- quies- (quiet)
- Memory hook
- ac + quies (quiet): go quiet and let it happen.
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