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Silence   /sˈaɪləns/   Listen
Silence

noun
1.
The state of being silent (as when no one is speaking).  "He gestured for silence"
2.
The absence of sound.  Synonym: quiet.  "The street was quiet"
3.
A refusal to speak when expected.  Synonym: muteness.
4.
The trait of keeping things secret.  Synonyms: secrecy, secretiveness.
verb
(past & past part. silenced; pres. part. silencing)
1.
Cause to be quiet or not talk.  Synonyms: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, still.
2.
Keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure.



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"Silence" Quotes from Famous Books



... The silence of an empty church is a thing apart from all other silences in the world. Deeper, more complete, ...
— The Ghost Girl • H. De Vere Stacpoole
... she yet?' A deathlike silence fell on banquet, guests, and hall, And a trembling figure rising fixed ...
— The Old Franciscan Missions Of California • George Wharton James
... grateful to Dr. Cook for favors received; I lived with his folks while I was suffering with my eyes, due to snow blindness, but I feel that all of the debts of gratitude have been liquidated by my silence in this controversy, and I will have nothing more to say in regard to him or to ...
— A Negro Explorer at the North Pole • Matthew A. Henson
... together the {whole} city; and the places, empty shortly before, sufficed not for the multitude. But as soon as he appeared on the stage, alone, {and} without any apparatus, any stage-assistants, the very intenseness of expectation produced silence. Suddenly, he dropped down his head towards his bosom, and so well did he imitate the voice of a pig with his own, that they concluded there was a real one under his cloak, and ordered it to be shaken out. This being ...
— The Fables of Phdrus - Literally translated into English prose with notes • Phaedrus
... and the three children stood gazing at this phenomenon for some time in silence. At length Rollo said, "What an astonishing blast that is, to be coming up out of the earth, day and night, continually ...
— Rollo in Naples • Jacob Abbott


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