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Frown :: Frown (v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence..

Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..

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

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..

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

Still :: Still (a.) To stop, as noise; to silence..

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..

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

Whist :: Whist (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed..

Hist :: Hist (interj.) Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.

Silence :: Silence (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence..

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

Squelch :: Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

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

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

Tacit :: Tacit (a.) Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection..

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..

Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..

Quietus :: Quietus (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death..

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..

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