tacit
adjective/ˈtæsɪt/
/ˈtæsɪt/
[usually before noun]- that is suggested indirectly or understood, rather than said in words
- tacit approval/support/knowledge
- By tacit agreement, the subject was never mentioned again.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTacit is used with these nouns:- acceptance
- acknowledgement
- admission
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘wordless, noiseless’): from Latin tacitus, past participle of tacere ‘be silent’.Definitions on the go
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