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tacit con·sent
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Princeton's WordNet
connivance, secret approval, tacit consentnoun
(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
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tacit consent
A silence procedure or tacit consent or tacit acceptance procedure (French: procédure d'approbation tacite; Latin: qui tacet consentire videtur, "he who is silent is taken to agree", "silence implies/means consent") is a way of formally adopting texts, often, but not exclusively in international political context. A textbook on diplomacy describes the silence procedure thus:
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tacit consent
Tacit consent refers to the non-verbal or implied agreement or approval to something without explicit acknowledgement or objection. It often applies in situations where a person remains silent or inactive, which is interpreted as that person agreeing to the proposed conditions or changes. It's often used in social, legal, and political contexts.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tacit consent in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tacit consent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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