Tacit

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tacit
       adj : indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed
             directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement";
             "the understood provisos of a custody agreement" [syn:
             {implied}, {silent}, {understood}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

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