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n. The condition or quality of being or keeping still and silent.

n. The absence of sound; stillness.

n. A period of time without speech or noise.

n. Refusal or failure to speak out.

v. To make silent or bring to silence: silenced the crowd with a gesture.

v. To curtail the expression of; suppress: silencing all criticism; silenced their opponents.

n. The lack of any sound.

n. Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.

n. The action of refraining from speaking.

v. To make (someone or something) silent.

v. To suppress criticism, etc.

v. To block gene expression.

interjection. be quiet

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.

n. The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest.

n. Absence of mention; oblivion.

interjection. Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.

v. To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

v. To put to rest; to quiet.

v. To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching.

v. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade.

n. The state of being or keeping silent; forbearance or restraint of sound; abstinence from speech or other noise; muteness; reticence: as, to listen in silence; the chairman rapped for silence.

n. Absence of sound or noise; general stillness within the range or the power of hearing: as, the silence of midnight; the silence of the tomb.

n. Absence of mention: as, the silence of Scripture (on a particular subject); oblivion; obscurity.

n. In distilled spirits, want of flavor and odor; flatness; deadness. See silent spirit, under silent.

n. In music, same as rest, 8.

n. Synonyms See silent.

To cause to be or keep silent; put or bring to silence; restrain from speech or noise; stop the noise of: as, to silence a battery or a gun-boat.

To restrain from speech about something; cause or induce to be silent on a particular subject or class of subjects; make silent or speechless, as by restraint of privilege or license, or by unanswerable argument.

Hence To make quiescent; put at rest or into abeyance; stop the activity of: as, to silence one's conscience.

v. cause to be quiet or not talk

n. the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)

n. the trait of keeping things secret

n. a refusal to speak when expected

n. the absence of sound

v. keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure

"Now, of these four modes of misleading others by the tongue, when there is a _justa causa_ (supposing there can be such) -- a material lie, that is an untruth which is not a lie, an equivocation, an evasion, and silence, -- First, I have no difficulty whatever in recognizing as allowable the method of _silence_."

silenced    silences    silencing   

condition    status    uncommunicativeness    conquer    subdue    curb    inhibit    stamp down    suppress   

disable    suppress    confute    tower of silence    silence post    amyclæan silence    region of silence    loud    audible    quiet   

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silence is golden    radio silence    two-minute silence    conspiracy of silence    blue wall of silence    wall of silence    vow of silence    cone of silence    moment of silence    deafening silence   

taciturnity    muteness    secrecy    calmness    quiest    oblivion    quiet    hush    quietness    whist   

darkness    stillness    voice    feel    sound    air    peace    fear    confusion    presence