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tac⋅it

  [tas-it]
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–adjective
1. understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
2. silent; saying nothing: a tacit partner.
3. unvoiced or unspoken: a tacit prayer.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L tacitus silent, ptp. of tacēre to be silent (c. Goth thahan; akin to ON thegja)

Related forms:
tac⋅it⋅ly, adverb
tac⋅it⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. unexpressed, unspoken, unsaid, implicit.

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

[Latin tacitus, silent, past participle of tacēre, to be silent.]
tac'it·ly adv., tac'it·ness n.
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