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1. : forbearance from speech or noise : mutenessoften used interjectionally. 2. : absence of sound or noise : stillness. in the silence of the night. 3. : absence of mention: a. : oblivion, obscurity. b. : secrecy. weapons research was conducted in silence. silence. 2 of 2. verb. silenced; silencing. transitive verb. 1.
Jan 13, 2017 · Silence: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano. In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
noun. the state or quality of being silent. the absence of sound or noise; stillness. refusal or failure to speak, communicate, etc, when expected. his silence on the subject of their promotion was alarming. a period of time without noise. oblivion or obscurity.
Silence is the absence of ambient audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be extended to apply to the cessation or absence of any form of communication, whether through speech or other medium. [1] .
SILENCE definition: 1. a period without any sound; complete quiet: 2. a state of not speaking or writing or making a…. Learn more.
Silence is quietness, or a lack of sound. When you silence a noisy movie-goer, you shush her. When there's silence, nothing is heard. Silence is empty, the opposite of a noisy racket. A library is one place where there's supposed to be silence so people can concentrate. To silence someone is to hush him up or tell him to be quiet.
to stop something making a sound or stop someone from talking: He silenced the alarm. silence verb [T] (STOP CRITICISM) to stop people from criticizing you by giving a good argument to support your opinion: He seems to have silenced his critics. (Definition of silence from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
