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Tacit

//ˈtæsɪt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.

    "tacit consent"

  2. 2
    Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
Adjective
  1. 1
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements wordnet

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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