Definition of silence

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

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Silence :: Silence (n.) The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence..
Still :: Still (n.) Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight..
Oyez :: Oyez (interj.) Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.
Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards 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..
Muse :: Muse (n.) To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
Selah :: Selah (n.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song..
Hush :: Hush (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.
Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
Quietus :: Quietus (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death..
Outtongue :: Outtongue (v. t.) To silence by talk, clamor, or noise..
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..
Silenced :: Silenced (imp. & p. p.) of Silenc.
Silentness :: Silentness (n.) State of being silent; silence.
Silent :: Silent (n.) That which is silent; a time of silence.
Silence :: Silence (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..
Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet.
Silence :: Silence (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence..
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