Usually means: Yields or agrees without protest.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word acquiesces:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. acquiesces: Merriam-Webster
  2. acquiesces: Collins English Dictionary
  3. acquiesces: Vocabulary.com
  4. acquiesces: Wordnik
  5. acquiesces: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. acquiesces: Wiktionary
  7. acquiesces: Dictionary.com
  8. acquiesces: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Acquiesces: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. acquiesces: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. acquiesces: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. acquiesces: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acquiesce)

verb:  (intransitive, with in or to (or sometimes with)) 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.
verb:  (intransitive) To concur upon conviction; to accept tacitly; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
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