Associations to the word «Tacit»

Wiktionary

TACIT, adjective. Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
TACIT, adjective. (logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Dictionary definition

TACIT, adjective. Implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne