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Silence :: Silence (n.) Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence..

Tacit :: Tacit (a.) Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection..

Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession..

Taciturnity :: Taciturnity (n.) Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking..

Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..

Quietus :: Quietus (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death..

Oyez :: Oyez (interj.) Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.

Infer :: Infer (v. t.) To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence..

Hush :: Hush (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.

Whist :: Whist (interj.) Be silent; be still; hush; silence.

Still :: Still (n.) Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight..

Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

Silence :: Silence (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence..

Whist :: Whist (v. t.) To hush or silence.

Mum :: Mum (n.) Silence.

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down..

Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey..

Meal :: Meal (n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal..

Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.

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