verb
- to accept or agree to something without protest, often reluctantly
Usage: formal
Examples
- The board finally acquiesced to the shareholders’ demands.
- She acquiesced in the decision despite her reservations.
- Rather than fight the new policy, employees chose to acquiesce.
- The government acquiesced to international pressure.
- He acquiesced with a reluctant nod.
- The company acquiesced to the union’s wage demands.