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

Acquiesce :: Acquiesce (v. i.) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.

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

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..

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

Stillroom :: Stillness (n.) Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.

Outtongue :: Outtongue (v. t.) To silence by talk, clamor, or noise..

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

Silence :: Silence (n.) Absence of mention; oblivion.

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..

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..

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..

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

Silence :: Silence (n.) The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

Clum :: Clum (interj.) Silence; hush.

Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

Rest :: Rest (n.) Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc..

Floor :: Floor (v. t.) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent..

Reticence :: Reticence (n.) The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness..

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