acquiescent.

Willing to accept something without protest or resistance, even without positive enthusiasm.

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Words that belong together

• an acquiescent response
• acquiescent silence

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Her acquiescent response told him little about what she actually wanted.

He mistook the acquiescent silence for wholehearted approval.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more acquiescent; superlative most acquiescent where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.