Thesaurus: silence

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1. n. The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
2. n. Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
3. n. Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.
4. n. The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.
5. n. Absence of mention; oblivion.
6. interj. Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
7. v. t. To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
8. v. t. To put to rest; to quiet.
9. v. t. To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel.
10. v. t. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
11. n. the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
12. n. the absence of sound