TACIT CONSENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing

Synonyms:

connivance; secret approval; tacit consent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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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