It is true that silence does not necessarily mean acquiescence. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
A murmur of acquiescence from the assembly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He bowed low in acquiescence, though he would willingly have left her there. From Wordnik.com. [Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice] Reference
I will continue to point the finger outwards as well as inwards because comfort and acquiescence is a dangerous thing. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Big Oil Launches Attack On Al Gore] Reference
Remembering my dear lady's parting injunctions, I nodded in acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Molly of Scotland Yard] Reference
If their acquiescence was a mere pretence, what trust can we place in the assertion that they accept the arrangement of 1893?. From Wordnik.com. [A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893] Reference
I wrote yesterday that UBS’ acquiescence is a victory for the U.S., and a small first step in the much larger fight against tax evasion. From Wordnik.com. [Wonk Room » CNBC Host: Tax Havens ‘Help Prevent Tyranny’] Reference
The problem with this kind of acquiescence is that these “threats” seem to come only from our own government. From Wordnik.com. [When Did We Become the Enemy?] Reference
How did we get to the point that this kind of acquiescence in the independence of the university could be permitted?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2005] Reference
She bent her head in acquiescence – that was all. From Wordnik.com. [John Halifax, Gentleman] Reference
It was the longing for something different that helped me; the acquiescence was the shame. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Child of the Dawn] Reference
She had interpreted a nod from Taylor to Campbell as a sign of "acquiescence" from the warlord to the model, she said. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
It is a kind of acquiescence in the state wherein we are placed, and a secret approbation of the Divine will in his conduct towards man. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant] Reference
Heads nodded in acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8: The Machine Breakers] Reference
And yes, it is a grudging, disgusted acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [Looking At The Big 'But'] Reference
But instead of the smile and gracious acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
The immediate problem is one of political acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Solomon: Gen. Petraeus Goes to Media War] Reference
In this, fear creates goodness, induces acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [Three Photos] Reference
He rounded eyes of solemn adoration and acquiescence upon her. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
But there are passages in Bentham calculated to shake such acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
She had made this agreement with him over the years, one acquiescence after another. From Wordnik.com. [Casualty] Reference
Worst, they're trying to buy popular acquiescence through subsidies and welfare payments. From Wordnik.com. [MOBILIZE THE QUIET MAJORITY] Reference
MMS's acquiescence stemmed from the unusual relationship it had cultivated with industry. From Wordnik.com. [How the Minerals Management Service's partnership with industry led to failure] Reference
The country's ability to trade in the Philippines depended on Chinese help and acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Myth Of Empire] Reference
It's not that he didn't love and shelter me; rather, with my acquiescence, he sheltered me too much. From Wordnik.com. [SUDDENLY WIDOWED AND FIGHTING THE IRS] Reference
To be sure, it is accepted in the present; but this is little more than the acquiescence of inertia. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
There is no other alternative, for continuing the Government is acquiescence on one side or the other. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
Any inquiry would re-open splits in Labour and highlight Brown's acquiescence in the unpopular decision. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq Fallout: He’d Rather Not Inquire] Reference
So democracy "functions not so much by rule by the majority as by minority rule with majority acquiescence.". From Wordnik.com. [Grover, Calvin And Us] Reference
He knew she was quite capable of handling the punt, even in the rapids, so he merely growled his acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
He bent his head in acquiescence, and she brought him the coffee herself, helping him to milk and toasted bread. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Newsweek has learned that the administration plans to buy the acquiescence of many members of the Haitian military. From Wordnik.com. [Our Man In Haiti] Reference
Life was at a lower ebb: there was less eagerness and unrest, less of hope and fear, more of a drowsy acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
With imaginative words and individual meanings it is tricked into giving the great goose-cackle of mob-acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kelly: The Secret Relevance of Glenn Beck's 9/11 Show REVEALED] Reference
This is the moment to win the public's acquiescence, before August slides into September, and the review itself arrives. From Wordnik.com. [Now that cuts are accepted, we must all decide our fate] Reference
Yet the Kansan will need Buchanan's and Forbes's backing -- or at least their acquiescence -- to win radical-middle voters. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting The Angry Voter] Reference
It would be a mistake, though, for Clinton to misread the coming tax cut in Japan as Tokyo's acquiescence to his trade agenda. From Wordnik.com. [Japan Inc. R.I.P.] Reference
Why not pay my respects to our foremothers, to women who wouldn't know acquiescence or appeasement if it hit them over the head. From Wordnik.com. [Rebecca Sive: Health Care Reform: Second Trimester] Reference
He later admitted feeling "embarrassed" by his sheepish acquiescence to his hosts 'demand, adding: "I am not so free here as I usually am.". From Wordnik.com. [Too Eager To Toe The Line?] Reference
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