Definitions for tacit

tacit tac·it

Spelling: [tas-it]
IPA: /ˈtæs ɪt/

Tacit is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in tacit (acitt).

Definitions for tacit

adjective

  1. understood without being openly expressed; implied:
  2. silent; saying nothing:
  3. unvoiced or unspoken:

Origin of tacit

1595-1605; Latin tacitus silent, past participle of tacēre to be silent (cognate with Gothic thahan; akin to Old Norse thegja)

Examples for tacit

Her father, by a hundred tacit signs, rejected her affection.

Her reliance on his secrecy, and his tacit acquiescence, increased his distress of mind.

Now you know this phrase is a tacit confession that all that has been said before is false.

Meese, with the tacit acquiescence of other top officials, had laid out a version of events all were expected to uphold.

A far-spreading, tacit complicity had hitherto saved him from the police.

There is, in the cancellation, a tacit admission of culpability where there is none.

The five- page document, which has the tacit support of Senate GOP leaders, represents a remarkable shift for the party.

We had by tacit consent begun to walk down the path toward the road.

At the same time, this focus on pragmatism is a tacit acknowledgment from the president.

The same feeling of exclusion feeds the present distrust of police and the tacit acceptance of violence fueling the current riots.

Word Value for tacit
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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