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Word Meanings - MUTENESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.

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  • PEACEBREAKER
    One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
  • SECRECY
    1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. That which is concealed; a secret. Shak. 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
  • PEACEMAKER
    One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Matt. v. 9. --Peace"mak`ing, n.
  • TACITURNITY
    Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking. The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. V. Knox. The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay.
  • PEACE
    A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose; specifically: Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies. Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law. Exemption from, or subjection
  • MUTENESS
    The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
  • OBLIVION
    1. The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness. Second childishness and mere oblivion. Shak. Among our crimes oblivion may be set. Dryden The origin of our city will be buried in eternal oblivion.
  • SILENCER
    The muffler of an internal-combustion engine. Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires. A device for silencing the report of a firearm shooting its projectiles singly, as a tubular attachment for the muzzle having
  • STILLNESS
    1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity. Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of the Middle Ages. J. A. Symonds. 2. Habitual silence or quiet;
  • PEACELESS
    Without peace; disturbed. Sandys.
  • PEACEABLE
    Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome. -- Peace"a*ble*ness, n. -- Peace"a*bly, adv. Syn. -- Peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed; serene; still.
  • SILENCE
    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.
  • PEACEFUL
    1. Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end. 2. Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm;
  • UNPEACE
    Absence or lack of peace. Testament of Love.
  • MAKE-PEACE
    A peacemaker. Shak.

 

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