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elieve they committed.
silence n. 1 quiet, quietness, stillness, soundlessness, noiselessness,
calm, calmness, hush, quietude, tranquillity, peace,
peacefulness, serenity: The silence was so complete that I
could hear my heart beating. 2 speechlessness, muteness,
dumbness, reticence, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness: Do not
construe his silence as agreement.
--v. 3 quiet, mute, hush, still, shush, calm, tranquillize,
soothe, Chiefly Brit quieten: The audience was silenced by the
start of the overture. 4 mitigate, temper, mollify, take the
sting out of, propitiate, pacify, blunt, suppress, repress,
restrain, subdue, draw the fangs or teeth of, inhibit, put down,
damp, mute, squelch, quash, emasculate, muzzle, muffle, shut
off, gag, stifle, smother, deaden (the effect of): Only a full
account of what lay behind these events will silence criticism
in the media.
silent adj. 1 quiet, still, soundless, noiseless, tranquil, hushed,
shushed, mute; calm, serene, placid, peaceful, pacific,
unagitated, unruffled, untroubled, undisturbed, Literary stilly:
After the children left the house fell silent. Not a mouse
stirred in the silent city. 2 uncommunicative, mute,
close-mouthed, taciturn, reticent, reserved, mum, tight-lipped,
secretive: Millie told me a great deal about her children but
was silent on the subject of her own activities. 3 unspeaking,
unspoken, mute, unexpressed, tacit, understood, implicit,
implied, unstated, unsaid: There is a silent agreement among
the islanders not to reveal where the whisky is hidden. 4
inactive, non-participating, passive, quiescent, Brit sleeping:
Although John runs the company, he has several silent partners.
5 unpronounced, unuttered, not sounded, Technical aphonic: The
g in sign is silent, like the k in know and the l in could .
silently adv. quietly, soundlessly, noiselessly, with catlike tread, as
quietly as a mouse, stealthily; wordlessly, speechlessly,
mutely: They fold their tents like the Arabs, And silently
steal away. He stood by silently, allowing his brother to do
all the talking.
silhouette
n. outline, profile, contour, form, figure, shape, shadow,