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[ noun ] the property of making no sound

Synonyms

soundlessness

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

The primary quality of that view seems , now , to have been its quietness , but that cannot at the time have impressed us .

It became so monotonous as to seem a part of the quietness .

Related terms

silence noiselessness

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[ noun ] a state of peace and quiet

Used in print

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

The children had to play away from the house ( in the barn loft or the pasture behind the barn ) , to maintain a proper quietness .

Related terms

calmness peace easiness

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