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tacit

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈtæsɪt/

Definition of tacit

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
    “tacit consent”
    “Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn’t jump on the arbor, and explore her vast back lot,”
    “He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.”
    “[…] disengagement represents a tacit rejection of governing institutions and processes, especially among young people, […]”
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adj

  1. Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
    “tacit consent”
    “Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn’t jump on the arbor, and explore her vast back lot,”
    “He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.”
    “[…] disengagement represents a tacit rejection of governing institutions and processes, especially among young people, […]”
  2. Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

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Etymology

Borrowed from late Middle French tacite, or from Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent”), from tacere (“to be silent”).

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