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  • 121silence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Absence of sound Nouns 1. silence; stillness, quiet, peace, hush; inaudibility. 2. (reluctance or inability to speak) muteness, dumbness, aphony, voicelessness; taciturnity, reticence; deadness, dullness …

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  • 122tranquillity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. calmness, peacefulness, serenity, peace, quiet, quietude, order, law and order, quietness, composure, placidity, coolness, imperturbation. Ant. disturbance*, perturbation, chaos. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) or tranquility… …

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  • 123disquietude — 1709; from DISQUIET (Cf. disquiet) on model of QUIETUDE (Cf. quietude) …

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  • 124calm — adj Calm, tranquil, serene, placid, peaceful, halcyonmean quiet and free from all that disturbs or excites. Calm is primarily applied to sea or weather, usually conveys an implicit contrast with its opposite, stormy, and suggests freedom, real or …

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  • 125Calmness — Calm ness, n. The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self repose. [1913 Webster] The gentle calmness of the flood. Denham. [1913 Webster] Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power. E. Everett. Syn: Quietness; quietude;… …

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  • 126Imperturbation — Im*per tur*ba tion, n. [L. imperturbatio.] Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude. W. Montagu. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 127Inertion — In*er tion, n. Lack of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude. [R.] [1913 Webster] These vicissitudes of exertion and inertion of the arterial system constitute the paroxysms of remittent fever. E. Darwin. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 128Speculate — Spec u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Speculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Speculating}.] [L. speculatus, p. p. of speculari to spy out, observe, fr. specula a lookout, fr. specere to look. See {Spy}.] 1. To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and… …

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