1. Characteristic of a thought, an opinion, or an idea, etc. which is unspoken, unvoiced, or emitting no sound; noiseless, wordless: Tacit consideration of others should be understood with no explanation necessary when listening to concerts given on stage.
2. Descriptive of something that is implied and understood, as by an action rather than verbally responding: Greg showed his tacit approval of the trip by nodding and smiling in complete silence.
3. Etymology: from Latin tacitus, "that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent" from tacere "to be silent". © ALL rights are reserved.

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