Antonyms for acquiescence
ˌæk wiˈɛs ənsac·qui·es·cence

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1. • Acceptance
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1. acquiescencenoun

   acceptance without protest

   Synonyms:
   assent

2. assent, acquiescencenoun

   agreement with a statement or proposal to do something

   "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"

   Synonyms:
   assent

How to use acquiescence in a sentence?

1. Michael Shoebridge:

   For all the years of engagement with Australia, Beijing doesn't understand the place or the people, bullying Australians achieves the opposite of acquiescence and subservience. And Beijing's coercion of Australia, now using our trade as a weapon, is helping collapse hard-won soft power gains Beijing had made here and internationally in the last 20 years.

2. Woodrow Wilson:

   No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.

3. Aaron David Miller:

   If Saudi Arabia kidnapped or killed Jamal Kashoggi, Saudi Arabia's on them, there's no direct causality, but the question remains, to what degree the Donald Trump administration's acquiescence to Saudi Arabia emboldened the Saudi leadership to think it can do what it likes, both in repressing dissent at home and pursuing policies abroad that frankly in my judgment... have been undermining Aaron David Miller national interests.

4. Lou Colasuonno:

   If they'd been quiet during this, it could be construed as acquiescence.

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