All 4 Uses of
acquiesce
in
The Age of Innocence
- Mr. Letterblair looked at him from under enquiring eyebrows, and the young man, aware of the uselessness of trying to explain what was in his mind, bowed acquiescently while his senior continued: "Divorce is always unpleasant."†
Chpt 11
- "No," she acquiesced; and her tone was so faint and desolate that he felt a sudden remorse for his own hard thoughts.†
Chpt 12 *
- "Ah, yes," the Marchioness acquiesced.†
Chpt 17
- Archer acquiesced, and she turned the ponies down Narragansett Avenue, crossed Spring Street and drove out toward the rocky moorland beyond.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(acquiesce) reluctant or unenthusiastic compliance, consent, or agreement