Definition:
- (n.) The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
- (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
- (n.) Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.
- (n.) The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.
- (n.) Absence of mention; oblivion.
- (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
- (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
- (v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet.
- (v. t.) To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel.
- (v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
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babble vs. silence
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reticence vs. silence
content vs. silence
mobile vs. silence
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peace vs. silence
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curtain vs. silence
inaudibility vs. silence
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quite vs. silence
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irreverent vs. silence
dumb vs. silence
mum vs. silence
shh vs. silence
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clamor vs. silence
rest vs. silence
mute vs. silence
quell vs. silence
muzzle vs. silence
silence vs. whist
hush vs. silence
audible vs. silence
deaf vs. silence
noise vs. silence
loud vs. silence
quiet vs. silence
silence vs. silencer
block vs. silence
criticism vs. silence
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silence vs. suppress
quaker vs. silence
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motor vs. silence
floor vs. silence
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silence vs. sound
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