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Noun muteness has 2 senses

• muteness(n = noun.state) mutism - the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak; "her muteness was a consequence of her deafness"
is a kind of condition, status
has particulars: deaf-muteness, deaf-mutism
Derived forms adjective mute₂, adjective mute₁

• muteness(n = noun.attribute) silence - a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising"
is a kind of uncommunicativeness
Derived form adjective mute₁

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muteness

anaudia, aphasia, aphonia, aphrasia, brevity, briefness, brusqueness, conciseness, curtness, deaf-muteness, dumbness, economy of words, inarticulateness, jargon aphasia, laconicalness, laconism, loss of speech, motor aphasia, mutism, obmutescence, paranomia, paraphasia, pauciloquy, quietness, quietude, shortness, silence, sparingness of words, speechlessness, taciturnity, terseness, tonguelessness, unloquaciousness, untalkativeness, voicelessness, wordlessness

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Taciturnity

N taciturnity, silence, muteness, obmutescence, taciturnity, pauciloquy, costiveness, curtness, reserve, reticence, man of few words, silent, mute, mum, silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave, dumb, unconversable, taciturn, sparing of words, closetongued, costive, inconversable, curt, reserved, reticent, Int, shush!, tush!, silence!, mum!, hush!, chut!, hist!, tut!, chup!, mum's the word, keep your mouth shut!, cave quid dicis quando et cui, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti.

Silence

N silence, stillness, peace, hush, lull, muteness, solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence, silent, still, stilly, noiseless, soundless, hushed, mute, soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave, inaudible, silently, sub silentio, Int, hush!, silence!, soft!, whist!, tush!, chut!, tut!, pax!, be quiet!, be silent!, be still!, shut up!, chup!, chup rao!, tace!, one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop, so quiet you could hear a pin drop, grosse Seelen dulden still, le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sa, le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se d_, silence more musical than any song, tacent satis laudant, better to be silent and thought a fool than to spe.

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