adj. Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.
adj. Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Silent; quiescent; giving out no sound.
Silently indicated or implied; understood from conditions or circumstances; inferred or inferable; expressed otherwise than by speech; indirectly mainfested or communicated; wordless.
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adj. implied by or inferred from actions or statements
Word Usage
"The following is a decisive, though what we call a tacit reference to"