Definitions
Quiet or absence of sound; also to make quiet.
Word origin
From 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.
Used in a sentence
“When the motor stopped, the silence was almost deafening.”
“Words like violence break the silence / Come crashing in into my little world”
“deadly silence”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Complete quiet”7 letters
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