#silence  the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"
  exclusion:  sound
  supertype:  sound_property_or_value__sound_property__soundproperty  an attribute of sound
  subtype:  hush__stillness__stillnes  (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"
  subtype:  speechlessness  the property of being speechless
  subtype:  soundlessness__soundlessnes__quietnes  the property of making no sound
     subtype:  noiselessness__noiselessnes  the property of making no noise

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