silence
n. அரவமின்மை, மோனம், சந்தடியின்மை, வாளாமை, வாய்விடா அமைதி, பேசாமை, வாயாடாமை, செய்தி வௌதயிடாமை, மெய்ம்மை வகையில் வாயடக்கம், மறைகாப்பமைதி, (வினை.) ஓசையமர்த்து, வாயடங்கச் செய், பேச்சடங்கு, பேசாதிருக்கச் செய், விவாதத்தில் எதிராளியை அடக்கிவிடு, எதிர்வாதத்திற்கு இடமில்லாமற் செய்துவிடு, எதிரி துப்பாக்கி-பீரங்கி முதலியவற்றின் வகையில் செயல்படாததாக்கு.
Synonyms
#noun taciturnity, stillness, calm, peace, hush, muteness, secrecy,oblivion #verb still, stifle, hush, allay, quiet, calm, [see abridge]
Antonyms
#noun garrulity, loquacity, talkativeness, chatter, noise, brawl,clamor, clatter, din, babel, tumult, agitation, restlessness, storm,unrest, roar, bruit, reverberation, resonance, commotion, cackling,proclamation, publicity, fame, rumor, remembrance, repute,celebrity #verb
Si"lence, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. silentium. See Silent.] 1. The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness. I saw and heared; for such a numerous host Fled not in silence through the frighted deep. Milton. 2. Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness. 3. Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence. The administration itself keeps a profound silence. D. Webster. 4. The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence. 5. Absence of mention; oblivion. And what most merits fame, in silence hid. Milton. Si"lence, interj. Defn: Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence. Shak. Si"lence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silenced; p. pr. & vb. n. Silencing.] 1. To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush. Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle. Shak. 2. To put to rest; to quiet. This would silence all further opposition. Clarendon. These would have silenced their scruples. Rogers. 3. 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. The Rev. Thomas Hooker of Chelmsford, in Essex, was silenced for nonconformity. B. Trumbull. 4. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.