Definitions
Understood or implied without being directly stated.
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“tacit consent”
consent by silence, or by not raising an objection“Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn’t jump on the arbor, and explore her vast back lot,”
“He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Unspoken but understood”5 letters
02“Understood without words”5 letters
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