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tacit

About 2.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
    tacit consent ― consent by silence, or by not raising an objection
  2. adjective Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Similar words

silent inexplicit implicit implied understood passive wordless quiet unspoken unstated

Often followed by

knowledge agreement consent understanding assumption approval and or support

Word family

tacitly tacitness tacitnesses

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