SILENCE

Definition:

1. [noun] the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence"
   
   
2. [noun] the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"
   Synonyms: quiet
   
   
3. [noun] a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising"
   Synonyms: muteness
   
   
4. [noun] the trait of keeping things secret
   Synonyms: secrecy, secretiveness
   
   
5. [verb] cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
   Synonyms: hush, quieten, still, shut up, hush up
   
   
6. [verb] keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"
   
   

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Related Words:

• shush
• lull, calm down
• shout down
• gag, muzzle
• hush, stillness, still
• speechlessness
• quietness, soundlessness
• mum

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