tac·it (t s  t)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 tac  re, to be silent.]tac it·ly adv.tac it·ness n. |
tacit [ˈtæsɪt]
adj
1. implied or inferred without direct expression; understood a tacit agreement
2. (Law) created or having effect by operation of law, rather than by being directly expressed
[from Latin tacitus, past participle of tacēre to be silent]
tacitly adv
tacitness n
tacenda, tacit - Tacenda are things not to be mentioned or made public—things better left unsaid; tacit means "unspoken, silent" or "implied, inferred."
See also related terms for implied.
tacit - One of its early meanings was "wordless, noiseless," from Latin tacere, "be silent."
See also related terms for silent.
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| Adj. | 1. | tacit - 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 a tacit admission that a mistake had been made
stated, spoken, explicit, expressed, spelled-out
stated, spoken, explicit, expressed, spelled-out
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