silence

Meanings

Noun

• The absence of any sound.
• The act of refraining from speaking.
• Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.

Verb

• To make (someone or something) silent.
• To repress the expression of something.
• To suppress criticism, etc.
• To block gene expression.
• To murder.

Interjection

• Be silent.

Related

Similar words

• quietness
• be quiet
• hush
• shut up
• whist

Origin

• From Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium ("silence"). Displaced native .