akuisens

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English acquiescence, from French acquiescence.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /akuˈisɛns/ [a.kuˈi.sɛns]
  • Rhymes: -isɛns
  • Syllabification: a‧ku‧i‧sens

Noun

akuisens (plural akuisens-akuisens)

  1. acquiescence:
    1. (politics) a silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction
    2. (law) inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right

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