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tacit
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Definition:understood without being stated
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they seemed to be in a tacit compact never to allude to a life of hard work. He was silent about it, she thought, because he was angry with her for being silent about it.
Anton Chekhov. The Duel and Other Stories
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By tacit consent, they had adoped a plan of campaign.
Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None. p.144 (1939)
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Tacitly the Party was even inclined to encourage prostitution, as an outlet for instincts which could not be altogether suppressed.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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Do you pay no regard to the wishes of his friends? To his tacit engagement with Miss De Bourgh?
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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a tacit assumption that one’s companion is the only man besides oneself capable of understanding the folly
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 06 (Book Six)
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He had no business wanting to be comforted, no matter how tacit or unconscious his wanting was.
Stephen King. The Stand (1990)
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