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TACIT CONSENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does tacit consent mean?

• TACIT CONSENT (noun)
The noun TACIT CONSENT has 1 sense:

1. (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing

Familiarity information: TACIT CONSENT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TACIT CONSENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

secret approval; tacit consent; connivance

Hypernyms ("tacit consent" is a kind of...):

approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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