Definition of silence

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Silence (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

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Silence :: Silence (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence..
Quietus :: Quietus (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death..
Hush :: Hush (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.
Mum :: Mum (n.) Silence.
Silentness :: Silentness (n.) State of being silent; silence.
Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
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..
Outtongue :: Outtongue (v. t.) To silence by talk, clamor, or noise..
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..
Choke Pear :: Choke pear () A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.
Silent :: Silent (n.) That which is silent; a time of silence.
Squelch :: Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
Whist :: Whist (v. t.) To hush or 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.
Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
Still :: Still (n.) Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight..
Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet.
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..
Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey..
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