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7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
noun the absence of sound
noun a refusal to speak when expected
originFrom Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium (“silence”), from silēns (“quiet, silent”, present participle of silēre) + -ium. Displaced native Old English swīġe and sālnes.
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