tacitness

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The state of being tacit
{i} quality of being tacit, silence
tacit
Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction
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understood
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Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection
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{a} silent, implied though not expressed
tacit
indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"
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{s} communicated wordlessly, implied without being expressed in words
tacit
If you refer to someone's tacit agreement or approval, you mean they are agreeing to something or approving it without actually saying so, often because they are unwilling to admit to doing so. The question was a tacit admission that a mistake had indeed been made + tacitly tac·it·ly He tacitly admitted that the government had breached regulations. tacit agreement, approval, support etc is given without anything actually being said (tacite, from tacitus, from tacere )
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