complicit | (adjective) involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong | - |
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deficit | (noun) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | Synonyms: shortage, shortfall |
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(noun) an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period) | - |
(noun) (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing | - |
(noun) a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning | - |
elicit | (verb) derive by reason | - |
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(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, educe, evoke, extract |
(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
explicit | (adjective) precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication | Synonyms: expressed |
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(adjective) in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term | Synonyms: denotative |
illicit | (adjective) contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention | - |
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(adjective) contrary to or forbidden by law | Synonyms: illegitimate, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful |
implicit | (adjective) implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something | Synonyms: inexplicit |
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(adjective) being without doubt or reserve | Synonyms: unquestioning |
inexplicit | (adjective) implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something | Synonyms: implicit |
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licit | (adjective) sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality | - |
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(adjective) authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law | Synonyms: lawful, legitimate |
solicit | (verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently | Synonyms: beg, tap |
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(verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: accost, hook |
(verb) incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination | - |
(verb) make a solicitation or petition for something desired | - |
(verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: court, romance, woo |