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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- silent :marked by absence of sound
- a silent house|soundless footsteps on the grass|the night was still
- silent :failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
- the witness remained silent
- silent :implied by or inferred from actions or statements
- gave silent consent|a tacit agreement|the understood provisos of a custody agreement
- silent :not made to sound
- the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'|in French certain letters are often unsounded
- silent :having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
- silent :unable to speak because of hereditary deafness