"Silence" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
CE. The state of a person who does not speak, or of one who refrains from speaking. In the law of estoppel, “silence” impiles knowledge and an opportunity to act upon it. Pence v. Langdon, 99 U. S. 581, 25 L. Ed. 420; Stewart v. wyoming Cattle Ranch Co., 128 U. S. 383, 9 Sup. Ct. 101, 32 L. Ed. 439; Chicora Fertilizer Co. v. Dunan, 91 Md. 144, 46 Atl. 347, 50 L. R. A. 401
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.
To put to rest; to quiet.
Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity;
muteness.
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.
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.
The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or
noise; absolute stillness.
To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still;
to hush.
Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.
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Read the complete definitionA sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.
Read the complete definitionSilence; hush.
Read the complete definitionTo overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.
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Read the complete definitionTo put to silence.
Read the complete definitionIn silence; mutely.
Read the complete definitionThe quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
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Read the complete definitiongabún - To keep—snug,—close,—dark, conceal, cover, keep out of—view,—sight, hush up. Maggabún ka siní. Keep it secret. Ginagabunán níya ang …
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