tacit

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adjective

The definition of tacit is understood or implied without being openly said or shown.

An example of tacit is a boy who has his father's approval to do something even though they have never talked about it.

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tacit

Now Rare saying nothing; still
unspoken; silent
not expressed or declared openly, but implied or understood: tacit approval
Law happening without contract but by operation of law

Origin of tacit

from French or L: French tacite from Classical Latin tacitus, past participle of tacere, to be silent from Indo-European base an unverified form tak?-, to be silent from source Gothic thahan, Old Norse thegja

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tacit

adjective

Not spoken: indicated tacit approval by smiling and winking.
Implied by or inferred from actions or statements: Management has given its tacit approval to the plan.
Archaic Not speaking; silent.

Origin of tacit

Latin tacitus silent past participle of tacēre to be silent

Related Forms:

tac′it·ly
adverb

tac′it·ness
noun

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Adjective

(comparative more tacit, superlative most tacit)

Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.
(logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Anagrams

attic, Attic

Origin

From Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent"), from tacere (“to be silent").

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tacit - Legal Definition

adj

Something implied but not actually named, for example, there was a tacit understanding that if she testified against her co-conspirator, she would not have to spend any time in prison.