Indirection and Implicit

noun

• Indirect procedure or action.
  • usage: "he tried to find out by indirection"
• Deceitful action that is not straightforward.
  • usage: "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"

(n.) Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.

adjective

• Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something.
  • usage: "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"
  • synonyms: inexplicit
• Being without doubt or reserve.
  • usage: "implicit trust"
  • synonyms: unquestioning

• (a.) Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience.
• (a.) Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.
• (a.) Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; as, an implicit contract or agreement.