#18 acquiesce

acquiesce - verb - to comply, assent to without protest

- also acquiescence, noun; acquiescent, adjective; acquiescently, adverb

- C17 from Latin acquiescere - to remain at rest

Acquiescence carries a negative connotation in the western world. Whereas, in the east it may, under the right conditions, be considered wisdom.

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. ~ Robert Frost

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