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tacit

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tac·it  (tst)
adj.
1. Not spoken: indicated tacit approval by smiling and winking.
2.
a. Implied by or inferred from actions or statements: Management has given its tacit approval to the plan.
b. Law Arising by operation of the law rather than through direct expression.
3. Archaic Not speaking; silent.

[Latin tacitus, silent, past participle of tacre, to be silent.]

tacit·ly adv.
tacit·ness n.

tacit [tass-it]
Adjective
understood or implied without actually being stated: tacit support [Latin tacitus silent]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tacittacit - implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"
implicit, inexplicit - implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"

tacit
adjective implied, understood, implicit, silent, taken for granted, unspoken, inferred, undeclared, wordless, unstated, unexpressed << OPPOSITE stated
Translations

tacit [ˈtæsɪt] adjtácito
tacit [ˈtæsɪt] adjtacite
tacit [ˈtæsɪt] adjstillschweigend
tacit [ˈtæsɪt] adjtacito/a


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Tacit obedience implies no force upon the will, and consequently may be easily, and without any pains, preserved; but when a wife, a child, a relation, or a friend, performs what we desire, with grumbling and reluctance, with expressions of dislike and dissatisfaction, the manifest difficulty which they undergo must greatly enhance the obligation.
There is nothing of this kind declared in the articles that compose it; and to imply a tacit guaranty from considerations of utility, would be a still more flagrant departure from the clause which has been mentioned, than to imply a tacit power of coercion from the like considerations.
Moreover, Speranski, either because he appreciated the other's capacity or because he considered it necessary to win him to his side, showed off his dispassionate calm reasonableness before Prince Andrew and flattered him with that subtle flattery which goes hand in hand with self-assurance and consists in a tacit assumption that one's companion is the only man besides oneself capable of understanding the folly of the rest of mankind and the reasonableness and profundity of one's own ideas.
 
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