SuaviloquyToday’s word

acquiesce

Acquiesce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Acquiesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquiescing]

Etymology: [L. acquiescere; ad + quiescere to be quiet, fr. quies rest: cf. F. acquiescer. See Quiet.]

1. 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; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just. De Quincey.

2. To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.

Syn. -- To submit; comply; yield; assent; agree; consent; accede; concur; conform; accept tacitly.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for acquiesce; he lists it under agree.

Where he writes about it:

One may silently acquiesce in that which does not meet his views, but which he does not care to contest. — from agree