- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Submission to an injury by the party injured.
- (n.) Tacit concurrence in the action of another.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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