Tacit

from 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}]
    
from 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.
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from 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. 
    
from 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

    

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