tacit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite implied by or inferred from actions or statements
    understood; silent.
    • gave silent consent
    • a tacit agreement
    • the understood provisos of a custody agreement

WordNet

Tac"it adjective
Etymology
L. tacitus, p.p. of tacere to be silent, to pass over in silence; akin to Goth. ahan to be silent, Icel. egja, OHG. dagen: cf. F. tacite. Cf. Reticent.
Definitions
  1. 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.
    The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts. Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1913