different between acquiescence vs corroboration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French acquiescence.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æk.wi???s.?ns/

Noun

acquiescence (countable and uncountable, plural acquiescences)

1. 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.
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.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:acquiescence.

Related terms

• acquiesce

Synonyms

• sufferance

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English corroboracioun, borrowed from Late Latin corr?bor?ti? (“strengthening”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

corroboration (countable and uncountable, plural corroborations)

1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation
   • 1857, Herman Melville, The Confidence-Man, Chapter 23:

     Fallacious enough doctrine when wielded against one's prejudices, but in corroboration of cherished suspicions not without likelihood.

   • September 16 2016, Jonah Goldberg writing in the Baltimore Sun, Hillary's health is a valid issue:

     Social media lighted up with corroborations that lower Manhattan was the meteorological equivalent of the jungles of Borneo.

2. That which corroborates.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

corroboration f (plural corroborations)

1. corroboration, verification, confirmation