a refusal to speak when expected; " his silence about my contribution was surprising"

the absence of sound; " he needed silence in order to sleep"; " the street was quiet"

keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; " All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"

the state of being silent ( as when no one is speaking); " there was a shocked silence"; " he gestured for silence"

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

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

Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.

The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.

Absence of mention; oblivion.

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

To put to rest; to quiet.

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.

To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.

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

Be silent!.

The state of being still or mute; absence of sound or noise; stillness; forbearance from, or absence of, mention.

To cause to be still; to quiet; to take permission to speak away from; cause to cease firing, as hostile guns.

State of being silent: absence of sound or speech: muteness: cessation of agitation: calmness: oblivion.

To cause to be silent: to put to rest: to stop.

Stillness; quiet; absence of sound or speech.

To make silent.

To render silent.

The state of being silent; a keeping still and mute.

Secrecy.

Stillness or the entire absence of sound; forbearance of speech or noise; habitual taciturnity; secrecy; quiet; absence of mention; oblivion.

To restrain from noise or speaking; to still; to quiet; to cause to cease firing; to stop; to restrain from preaching; to put an end to.

Entire absence of sound or noise; temporary cessation of speech in man; stillness; quiet.

To restrain from noise or speaking; to still; to appease; to stop; to put an end to.

Let there be no speech or noise.

Then silence fell again upon the moor. – A Little Wizard by Stanley J. Weyman

And Nobili heard this in silence! – The Italians by Frances Elliot

It was the man who broke the silence first. – Little Eve Edgarton by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

After a long silence she said slowly: " I want to ask you a question." – The Gadfly by E. L. Voynich

" I'll tell you what it is, Ambler," he went on, after a moment's silence. – The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation by J. S. Fletcher

What could she think of his long silence? – The Imaginary Marriage by Henry St. John Cooper

His silence, of course, did not last long. – All Around the Moon by Jules Verne

At first there was silence. – New Faces by Myra Kelly

He waited in silence to hear the rest. – The Dop Doctor by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

There was a silence for a time. – The Bat by Avery Hopwood Mary Roberts Rinehart

He came on in silence. – The Last Hope by Henry Seton Merriman

Rufus looked at Winthrop's book for three minutes in silence. – Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner

She waited in silence. – The Splendid Folly by Margaret Pedler

Judith's sister could keep her silence no more. – The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield

Porter said nothing and there was a long silence. – The Short Line War by Merwin-Webster

Here Jimmy found that there was no need for silence. – Death Points a Finger by Will Levinrew

Seiler met me at his door, and followed in silence to my room. – The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper

Upon hearing this the chiefs sat for a time in gloomy silence. – The Story of Troy by Michael Clarke