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tac·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;  < Latin tacitus  silent, past participle of tacēre  to be silent (cognate with Gothic thahan;  akin toOld Norse thegja )

Related forms

tac·it·ly, adverb

tac·it·ness, noun

Synonyms 
1. unexpressed, unspoken, unsaid, implicit.

Antonyms 
1. expressed.

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tacit  (ˈtæsɪt)
— adj
1.	implied or inferred without direct expression; understood: a tacit agreement
2.	created or having effect by operation of law, rather than by being directly expressed
[C17: from Latin tacitus,  past participle of tacēre  to be silent]
'tacitly
— adv
'tacitness
— n

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Word Origin & History

tacit 

1604, from Fr. tacite, from L. tacitus "that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed,silent," prop. pp. of tacere "to be silent," from PIE base *tak- "to be silent" (cf. Goth. þahan, O.N. þegja"to be silent," O.N. þagna "to grow dumb," O.S. thagian, O.H.G. dagen "to

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