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. p. 17
ACQUIESCENCY
Ac`qui*es"cen*cy, n.
Defn: The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
ACQUIESCENT
Ac`qui*es"cent, a. Etym: [L. acquiescens, -; p. pr.]
Defn: Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
ACQUIESCENTLY
Ac`qui*es"cent*ly, adv.
Defn: In an acquiescent manner.
ACQUIET Ac*qui"et, v. t. Etym: [LL. acquietare; L. ad + quies rest. See Quiet and cf. Acquit.]
Defn: To quiet. [Obs.]
Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A.
Sherley.