Acquiesce

ˌækwiˈɛs

verb

to accept or comply silently or without protest; agree or consent

The word 'acquiesce' is derived from the Latin word 'acquiescere' which means 'to give oneself up to rest.' It implies accepting something reluctantly but without protest.

They have some of the finest woods in the country.” Elizabeth said no more—but her mind could not acquiesce.

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

Their brother had been much younger when Cersei wed the first time; he might not acquiesce to a second marriage quite so easily.

George R. R. Martin

A Storm of Swords

If I want anything I shall call out, and you can come to me at once.” I could not but acquiesce, for I was “dog-tired,” and could not have sat up had I tried.

Bram Stoker

Dracula

But as all my remonstrances produced no effect upon Queequeg, I was obliged to acquiesce; and accordingly prepared to set about this business with a determined rushing sort of energy and vigor, that should quickly settle that trifling little affair.

Herman Melville

Moby Dick

Sanity appeals and argues; our rulers persevere in their customary porkishness, while we acquiesce and obey.

Aldous Huxley

Crome Yellow

It must be noted, by the way, that Pyotr Petrovitch had during those ten days eagerly accepted the strangest praise from Andrey Semyonovitch; he had not protested, for instance, when Andrey Semyonovitch belauded him for being ready to contribute to the establishment of the new “commune,” or to abstain from christening his future children, or to acquiesce if Dounia were to take a lover a month after marriage, and so on.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Everywhere and at all times it is in thy power piously to acquiesce in thy present condition, and to behave justly to those who are about thee, and to exert thy skill upon thy present thoughts, that nothing shall steal into them without being well examined.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations