noun. The condition or quality of being or keeping still and silent.

noun. The absence of sound; stillness.

noun. A period of time without speech or noise.

noun. Refusal or failure to speak out.

intransitive verb. To make silent or bring to silence.

intransitive verb. To curtail the expression of; suppress.

intransitive verb. To interfere with the expression of (a gene or gene segment) so that its biological function is suppressed.

To cause to be or keep silent; put or bring to silence; restrain from speech or noise; stop the noise of: as, to silence a battery or a gun-boat.

To restrain from speech about something; cause or induce to be silent on a particular subject or class of subjects; make silent or speechless, as by restraint of privilege or license, or by unanswerable argument.

Hence To make quiescent; put at rest or into abeyance; stop the activity of: as, to silence one's conscience.

noun. The state of being or keeping silent; forbearance or restraint of sound; abstinence from speech or other noise; muteness; reticence: as, to listen in silence; the chairman rapped for silence.

noun. Absence of sound or noise; general stillness within the range or the power of hearing: as, the silence of midnight; the silence of the tomb.

noun. Absence of mention: as, the silence of Scripture (on a particular subject); oblivion; obscurity.

noun. In distilled spirits, want of flavor and odor; flatness; deadness. See silent spirit, under silent.

noun. In music, same as rest, 8.

noun. Synonyms See silent.

noun. The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

noun. Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.

noun. Secrecy.

noun. The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest.

noun. Absence of mention; oblivion.

interjection. Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.

transitive verb. To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

transitive verb. To put to rest; to quiet.

transitive verb. To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching.

transitive verb. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade.

noun. The lack of any sound.

noun. Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.

noun. The action of refraining from speaking.

verb. To make (someone or something) silent.

verb. To suppress criticism, etc.

verb. To block gene expression.

interjection. be quiet

verb. cause to be quiet or not talk

noun. the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)

noun. the trait of keeping things secret

noun. a refusal to speak when expected

noun. the absence of sound

verb. keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure

"Now, of these four modes of misleading others by the tongue, when there is a _justa causa_ (supposing there can be such) -- a material lie, that is an untruth which is not a lie, an equivocation, an evasion, and silence, -- First, I have no difficulty whatever in recognizing as allowable the method of _silence_."

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