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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"  Antonym: sound.
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.  Antonym: louden.
2.
Keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure.



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"Silence" Quotes from Famous Books



... as he stood there that the surrounding silence grew more intense. Then he passed through a wide gateway and began to stride across an evenly clipped lawn toward a grove of trees beyond. Halfway he paused and glanced absently at his watch. It ...
— Made in Tanganyika • Carl Richard Jacobi
... silence," called out Geraldine; the mellow swish of snow-shoes answered her, and she glided forward on her skis, instructing Delancy ...
— The Danger Mark • Robert W. Chambers
... long halt here, with nothing doing. The Boer gun has ceased to fire, and we call it "silenced," possibly with truth, but the causes of silence are never quite certain. As far as I can make out, it was on the extreme left of their position, while our main attack is threatening their centre. It is raining hard, but we have made a roaring fire of what is the chief fuel in ...
— In the Ranks of the C.I.V. • Erskine Childers
... When silence flees before the voice of Love, Of what expression does that god approve? Is dulcet song or flowing verse his choice, Or stately prose, made regal by his voice? Speaks Love in couplets, or in epics grand? And is Love humble, ...
— Poems of Progress • Ella Wheeler Wilcox
... reflected in their writings, while few tarried long enough to grasp fully the meaning of the institutions and customs of the people. They dwelt long on those things that they found displeasing, and passed over in silence those distinctive virtues with which they were not in harmony. It is not surprising then that they failed to grasp the dignity and importance of the place filled by the Virginia woman. When they spoke of her their criticisms were usually ...
— Patrician and Plebeian - Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion • Thomas J. Wertenbaker


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