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acquiesce
verb as in agree with some reluctance
Strong matches
Example Sentences
“She felt she had no escape or exit and was compelled to acquiesce.”
While in the White House, Trump tried to block multiple congressional investigations, and Republicans in the House and the Senate acquiesced without protest.
Any perceived display of liberal bias was quickly attacked, so the media got the message and gradually acquiesced until liberals and their point of view were marginalized.
No administration would have dared, and no department official would have acquiesced.
So even if Harris wins November’s election, and maintains a commission that prioritizes the transition away from fossil fuels, the oil and gas industry and the politicians who support it will not acquiesce easily.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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