IMPLICIT Copy link • IMPLICIT☞ The original and correct meaning of the word is that of “implied,” opposed to “explicit;” but it is now more commonly used in the sense of “absolute,” “unconditional” reliance, trust, etc. Implied, Tac. (silently assumed, not expressly stated, Cic. and Jurisconsulti): quod in aliqua re implicite et abscondite continetur (Cic., Invent., 2, 23, 69; of what is really but not evidently contained in anything; opposed to patentius et expeditius contineri). Absolute, unconditional, etc. [Vid: UNCONDITIONAL]. To pay anybody implicit obedience, alicui sine ulla exceptione parere, obedire: to place implicit trust or confidence in anybody, se totum alicui committere: to put implicit faith in anybody, maximam fidem alicui adhibere.