| CIT | • cit n. (Derogatory, now rare) Clipping of citizen: a citizen; a city dweller, a townsman. • cit n. Clipping of citation. • cit. v. Abbreviation of cited. |
| COMPLICIT | • complicit adj. Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature. • COMPLICIT adj. having or showing complicity, that is a party to or involved in wrongdoing, also COMPLICITOUS. |
| DEFICIT | • deficit n. Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack. • deficit n. A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue. • DEFICIT n. an inadequacy or insufficiency. |
| ELICIT | • elicit v. To evoke, educe (Emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer. • elicit v. To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something. • elicit v. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason. |
| EXPLICIT | • explicit adj. Very specific, clear, or detailed. • explicit adj. (Euphemistic) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic. • explicit n. The final few words of a text. |
| FECIT | • FECIT v. (Latin) he/she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. |
| ILLICIT | • illicit adj. (Law) Not approved by law, but not invalid. • illicit adj. Breaking social norms. • illicit adj. Unlawful. |
| IMPLICIT | • implicit adj. Implied indirectly, without being directly expressed. • implicit adj. Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown. • implicit adj. Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust. |
| INEXPLICIT | • inexplicit adj. Not explicit. • INEXPLICIT adj. not explicit. |
| LICIT | • licit adj. Not forbidden by formal or informal rules. • licit adj. (Law) Explicitly established or constituted by law. • LICIT adj. not forbidden by law, permissible. |
| OVEREXPLICIT | • overexplicit adj. Excessively explicit. • OVEREXPLICIT adj. excessively explicit. |
| PLACIT | • placit n. (Obsolete) A decree or determination; a dictum. • PLACIT n. (Latin) a court ruling, also PLACITUM, PLACET. |
| RECIT | • recit n. A short story. • recit n. A narration. • recit n. (Music) A recitative. |
| SOLICIT | • solicit v. To persistently endeavour to obtain an object, or bring about an event. • solicit v. To woo; to court. • solicit v. To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior. |
| TACIT | • tacit adj. Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence. • tacit adj. (Logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction. • TACIT adj. unspoken; understood or implied without being expressed directly. |