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acquiescence noun

  /ˌæk.wiːˈɛs.əns/
  • (legal) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
 Verwirkung, Hinnahme, Unterwerfung, stillschweigende Hinnahme
  • 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.
 Zustimmung, Einverständnis, Akquieszenz, Beistimmung, Duldung, Einwilligung

acquiesce verb

  /ˌækwiˈɛs/
  • (intransitive) To concur upon conviction; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
 zustimmen
  • (intransitive, with in (or sometimes with, to)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.
 gestatten

acquiescent adjective

  /æˈkwi.ɛsn̩t/
  • willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
 fügsam
  • resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
 folgsam
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