tacit agreement
Wordless mutual consent
A tacit agreement is an understanding reached without explicit discussion or formal acknowledgment.
The parties behave as if they've agreed, though nothing was spoken or signed: There was a tacit agreement not to mention the divorce.
Tacit agreements rely on shared assumptions, context, or mutual recognition of what's appropriate.
- unwritten rulesUnstated behavioral expectations
- unspoken ruleUnstated behavioral expectation
- tacitUnderstood without words
- gentleman's agreementInformal pact based on trust
- group normsShared standards of conduct
mutual understanding · implied consent · subtext · implication · complicity · handshake deal · nonverbal cues · convention · ethical norms · suggestion · tacit consent · social contracts · implied meaning · moral obligation · hint · assumed · wordless · acknowledgment
- informal agreementsverbal agreement, oral agreement, handshake deal, gentleman's agreement, verbal contract
- Unspoken Rulesgentleman's agreement, silent understanding, house rule, implied consent, between the lines
- agreementshandshake, contract, nod, accords, verbal consent
tacit agreementformal contract
Legally enforceable written agreement
written agreement · written contract · binding contract · notarized document · signed document