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  • 101silence — Synonyms and related words: answer, answer conclusively, argue down, asphyxiate, ataraxia, ataraxy, blow to pieces, blow up, blunt, bottle up, brain, brevity, briefness, bring down, brusqueness, burn to death, calm, calmness, censor, choke, choke …

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  • 102insanity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of mental soundness Nouns 1. insanity, lunacy, derangement, craziness, feeblemindedness; abnormal behavior, pathology; affective disorder; nervous breakdown; antisocial, compulsive, cyclothymic,… …

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  • 103reticence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. reserve, taciturnity, muteness. See concealment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. silence, closeness, hesitation; see reserve 2 , shyness . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The keeping of one s thoughts and… …

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  • 104speech — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Oral communication Nouns 1. speech, talk, faculty of speech; locution, parlance, expression, vernacular, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion, discourse; soliloquy;… …

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  • 105taciturnity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Reserve in speaking Nouns 1. taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, reticence, reserve, closeness, curtness; silence, muteness, pauciloquy, laconicism; secrecy, concealment. 2. man or woman of few words,… …

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  • 106speechlessness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The avoidance of speech: dumbness, muteness, silence, wordlessness. See WORDS …

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  • 107wordlessness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The avoidance of speech: dumbness, muteness, silence, speechlessness. See WORDS …

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  • 108Taciturnity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Taciturnity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 silence silence muteness obmutescence Sgm: N 1 taciturnity taciturnity pauciloquy costiveness| curtness Sgm: N 1 reserve reserve reticence &c.(concealment) 528 …

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  • 109dumbness — n. muteness, speechlessness, inability to speak; stupidity …

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  • 110quiet — qui·et || kwaɪət n. silence, noiselessness; stillness, tranquility; muteness, speechlessness; peacefulness, calmness v. make silent, make noiseless; pacify, calm; be pacified, be calmed; be reticent, remain silent; become quiet adj. silent,… …

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