Ac`qui*es"cence (&?;), n. [Cf. F. acquiescence.] 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.
(Crim. Law) (a) Submission to an injury
by the party injured. (b) Tacit concurrence in the action of
another. Wharton.
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