tac´it|ness

tac´it|ness
tac|it «TAS iht», adjective.
1. implied or understood without being openly expressed: »

His eating the food was a tacit admission that he liked it.

SYNONYM(S): implicit.
2. saying nothing; still; silent: »

Edward Strachey was…a man rather tacit than discursive (Thomas Carlyle).

3. unspoken; silent: »

a tacit prayer.

SYNONYM(S): unuttered, unexpressed.
4. Law. existing out of custom or from silent consent but not expressly stated.
[< Latin tacitus, past participle of tacēre be silent]
tac´it|ly, adverb.
tac´it|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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