Acquiescence vs Obedience - What's the difference?
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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.
(legal) Submission to an injury by the party injured, or tacit concurrence in the action of another.
The quality of being obedient.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
As nouns the difference between acquiescence and obedience
is that acquiescence is 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 while obedience is the quality of being obedient.acquiescence
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(wikipedia acquiescence)Noun
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* (English Citations of "acquiescence")obedience
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(wikipedia obedience)Alternative forms
* , (l) (qualifier)Noun
(-)- Obedience is essential in any army.
- Cautioning Nobs to silence, and he had learned many lessons in the value of obedience since we had entered Caspak, I slunk forward, taking advantage of whatever cover I could find...
