| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The absence of sound or noise: hush, noiselessness, quiet, quietness, soundlessness, still, stillness. See SOUNDS. 2. The avoidance of speech: dumbness, muteness, speechlessness, wordlessness. See WORDS. | | VERB: | To cause to become silent: hush, quiet, quieten, shush, shut up, still. See SOUNDS.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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