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- noun A state or instance of
acquiescing or passively accepting something, without necessarilyconsenting to it.
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Examples
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Yes, I do expect prisoners under interrogation to use common sense, and therefore some acquiesence is acceptable, but … … … once it became clear that they were not going to be ‘put down’, acting as they did, and opening their ‘goody-bags’, etc.?
Five To One Baby « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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As such, the SMT moral compass directs people towards acquiesence with nonsense that is distributed from the political and strategic operations of the police service.
What Really Matters At The Top « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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But based on the experience of my lifetime ‘American leadership’ primarily brings up images of sonorous demands made of other nations from the steps of the Capitol and the White House, followed by (grudging) acquiesence by most ‘allied’ nations, sanctions/CIA action/bribes/threats for others and a bit of high-tech violence for seriously non-compliant nations with insufficient firepower to properly defend themselves.
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However, that has a lot to do with the fact that many of us who voted for him disapprove of his acquiesence to the opposition.
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ItMhammed advocated and promulgated violence acquiesence to it doctrines.
McCain rejects endorsement of a second controversial pastor 2008
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ItMhammed advocated and promulgated violence acquiesence to it doctrines.
McCain rejects endorsement of a second controversial pastor 2008
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Bella is just like Dagny or Dominque quivering in need and acquiesence at the feet of a superman.
Fans and readers Roger Sutton 2008
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A senate rule can be changed at any time by a simple majority vote and acquiesence by the Presiding officer of the US Senate.
Sen. Hatch Warns of “outright war” if the Dems try Reconciliation | RedState 2010
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Their acquiesence to the closing of psychiatric hospitals and refusal to vigorously work for aggressive reform of involuntary treatment laws, has caused massive incarceration, homelessness and violence by people with serious mental illness.
DJ Jaffe: Psychiatry vs. Antipsychiatry: Call to action DJ Jaffe 2010
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Their acquiesence to the closing of psychiatric hospitals and refusal to vigorously work for aggressive reform of involuntary treatment laws, has caused massive incarceration, homelessness and violence by people with serious mental illness.
DJ Jaffe: Psychiatry vs. Antipsychiatry: Call to action DJ Jaffe 2010
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