Acquiescence
21acquiescence, estoppel by — Acquiescence is a species of estoppel. An estoppel arises where party aware of his rights sees other party acting upon mistaken notion of his rights. Injury accruing from one s acquiescence in another s action to his prejudice creates estoppel .… …
22Acquiescence bias — is a category of response bias in which respondents to a survey have a tendency to agree with all the questions or to indicate a positive connotation.ee also*Likert scale *Social desirability biasExternal links* [http://business.nmsu.edu/… …
23acquiescence, estoppel by — n. Estoppel that arises if a party has the opportunity to object to something but gives implied consent by inaction. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
24acquiescence for detection — The lending of either active or passive assistance to a person engaged in the commission of criminal offense, either as a feigned accomplice or otherwise, for the purpose of detecting and apprehending him. The distinction between acquiescence for …
25acquiescence — noun Date: 1646 1. the act of acquiescing ; the state of being acquiescent 2. an instance of acquiescing …
26acquiescence — noun /ˈæk.wiːˌɛs.əns/ a) 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. b) Submission… …
27acquiescence — Synonyms and related words: OK, Quakerism, acceptance, acceptation, acception, accession, accommodation, accord, accordance, adaptation, adaption, adjustment, affirmation, affirmative, affirmative voice, agreeability, agreeableness, agreement,… …
28acquiescence — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. passive consent, quiet submission, resignation; see permission . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. yielding, compliance, acceptance, consenting, *buckling under, capitulation, submission, concurring, *caving in, deferring,… …
29acquiescence — acqui es·cence || ‚ækwɪ esns n. passive acceptance; compliance, yielding, submission, giving in …
30acquiescence — n. 1. Compliance, submission, resignation, satisfaction, contentment. 2. Assent, consent, agreement, concurrence …
