tacit acceptance
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftacitandacceptance
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tacit
adjective
uk/ˈtæs.ɪt/us/ˈtæs.ɪt/
understood without being ...
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acceptance
noun[U]
uk/əkˈsep.təns/us/əkˈsep.təns/
general agreement that something is satisfactory or right, or that someone should be included in ...
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(Definition oftacitandacceptancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Effectively, such move-ons signal some degree oftacitacceptanceof the new words offered by adults.
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Novelties win atacitacceptancebefore their strangeness is noticed and compel before their actuality is appreciated.
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That, together with the increasing variety of curriculum opportunities, suggests at least atacitacceptanceof 'other ways of coming to know'.
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There is atacitacceptanceof rough justice, and of those applying it, when it is applied in unclear circumstances.
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What has happened in practice is that publishers and authors have, by theirtacitacceptanceof the practice, given consent.
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Also, does he believe that ourtacitacceptanceof the dual-pricing system will be to the long-term advantage of this country?
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I am sure that the silence does not meantacitacceptance, but it is golden.
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It has the same spirit and the same determination, the same tradition and the same pride; even the sametacitacceptanceof sensible discipline.
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That is a worrying development—almost atacitacceptanceof a criminal subculture.
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Simply because there is, apparently,tacitacceptanceof the state of affairs as it now is, that does not mean that the people are enthusiastic supporters of the chieftain system.
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Although the vast majority of the people are firmly against violence, what concerns me is thetacitacceptance of violence in some areas, particularly in the urban areas.
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Europe must not continue itstacitacceptanceof this situation.
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The fact that an inquiry is set up into the operation of the cohabitation rule istacitacceptancethat there is something wrong and that it needs examination.
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Does his statement not amount to atacitacceptanceof the position that in his decade, and probably the next as well, none of those prisons will be closed?
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Kahanism is often associated with militancy and atacitacceptanceof, if not outright support for, violence.
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It provided fuel from peat cuttings, pasture for animals and accommodated squatters, mainly fishermen, who had encroached on the common with thetacitacceptanceof the community.
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