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n. [ Cf. F. acquiescence. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crim. Law) (a) Submission to an injury by the party injured. (b) Tacit concurrence in the action of another. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acquiescens, -centis; p. pr. ] Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acquiescent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not acquiescent or acquiescing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Quiesced p. pr. & vb. n. Quiescing ] [ L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See Quiet, a. & n. ] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. quiescentia, fr. quiescens, p. pr.; cf. F. quiestence. See Quiesce. ] The state or quality of being quiescent. “Quiescence, bodily and mental.” H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deeds will be done; -- while be boasts his quiescence. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. quiescens, -entis, p. pr. of quiescere: cf. F. quiescent. See Quiesce. ] 1. Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting. [ 1913 Webster ]

In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism . . . is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in “day” and “say.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gram.) A silent letter. M. Stuart. [ 1913 Webster ]