Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AC-QUI-ES'CENCE
AC-QUI-ES'CENCE, n.
A quiet assent; a silent submission, or submission with apparent content; distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; as, an acquiescence in the decisions of a court, or in the allotments of Providence.
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