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tacit consent (s) (noun), tacit consents (pl)
1. Something which is expressed or understood without being directly stated: Mary felt that she had her parents' tacit consent to stay out late at her friend's birthday party.
2. Knowledge of and an unspoken approval to the commission of an illegal act by another person: When Fred saw his friend eating an extra piece of cake at the restaurant without paying for it, he indicated tacit consent by smiling and winking.
This entry is located in the following units: senso-, sens-, sensi-, sensori-, sent- (page 10) tacit-, taci-, tace- (page 1)