Definition of silence

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Silence (v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet.

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Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence..
Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.
Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
Silence :: Silence (n.) Absence of mention; oblivion.
Stillness :: Stillness (n.) The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence..
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..
Hush :: Hush (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.
Silence :: Silence (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence..
Dumbly :: Dumbly (adv.) In silence; mutely.
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..
Silent :: Silent (n.) That which is silent; a time of silence.
Silentiary :: Silentiary (n.) One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state..
Muse :: Muse (n.) To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
Taciturnity :: Taciturnity (n.) Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking..
Silence :: Silence (n.) Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence..
Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..
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..
Respectuous :: Respectuous (a.) Respectful; as, a respectuous silence..
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