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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. implied by or inferred from actions or statements;
- Example: "gave silent consent"
- Example: "a tacit agreement"
- Example: "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"
[syn: silent, tacit, understood]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tacit \Tac"it\, a. [L. tacitus, p. p. of tacere to be silent, to pass over in silence; akin to Goth. [thorn]ahan to be silent, Icel. [thorn]egja, OHG. dag[=e]n: cf. F. tacite. Cf. Reticent.] Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection. -- Tac"it*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tacit adj 1: implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement" [syn: silent, tacit, understood]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "tacit": assumed, implicit, implied, inarticulate, inferred, intimated, silent, suggested, taken for granted, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

TACIT. That which, although not expressed, is understood from the nature of the thing, or from the provision of the law; implied.