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Muteness

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Noun

1. muteness, mutism

the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak

Example Sentences:
'her muteness was a consequence of her deafness'

2. muteness, silence

a refusal to speak when expected

Example Sentences:
'his silence about my contribution was surprising'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Muteness

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adjective
1. 
not giving out sound or speech; silent
2. offensive
unable to speak; dumb
3. 
unspoken or unexpressed
mute dislike
4. law
(of a person arraigned on indictment) refusing to answer a charge
5. phonetics another word for plosive
6. 
(of a letter in a word) silent
noun
7. offensive
a person who is unable to speak
8. law
a person who refuses to plead when arraigned on indictment for an offence
9. 
any of various devices used to soften the tone of stringed or brass instruments
10. phonetics
a plosive consonant; stop
11. 
a silent letter
12. 
an actor in a dumb show
13. 
a hired mourner at a funeral
verb (transitive)
14. 
to reduce the volume of (a musical instrument) by means of a mute, soft pedal, etc
15. 
to subdue the strength of (a colour, tone, lighting, etc)
verb
1. 
(of birds) to discharge (faeces)
noun
2. 
birds' faeces

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Muteness

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adjective
1. 
not speaking; voluntarily silent
often used figuratively
2. 
unable to speak
3. 
not spoken
a mute appeal
4. 
silent (sense 4) silent (sense 4b)
the letter e in “mouse” is mute
noun
5. 
a person who does not speak; specif., one who, deaf from infancy, has not learned to speak; deaf-mute
6.  Rare
a hired mourner at a funeral
7. 
a silent letter
8.  Music
any of various devices used to soften or muffle the tone of an instrument, as a block placed within the bell of a brass instrument or a piece set onto the bridge of a violin
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmuted or ˈmuting
9. 
to soften or muffle the sound of (a musical instrument, etc.) as with a mute
10. 
to subdue the intensity of (a color)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Muteness

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adj. mut·er, mut·est
1. Refraining from producing speech or vocal sound.
2.
a. Offensive Unable to speak.
b. Unable to vocalize, as certain animals.
3. Expressed without speech; unspoken: a mute appeal.
4. Law Declining to enter a plea to a criminal charge: standing mute.
5. Linguistics
a. Not pronounced; silent, as the e in the word house.
b. Pronounced with a temporary stoppage of breath, as the sounds (p) and (b); plosive; stopped.
n.
1. Offensive One who is incapable of speech.
2. Law A defendant who declines to enter a plea to a criminal charge.
3. Music Any of various devices used to muffle or soften the tone of an instrument.
4. Linguistics
a. A silent letter.
b. A plosive; a stop.
tr.v. mut·ed, mut·ing, mutes
1. To soften or muffle the sound of.
2. To soften the tone, color, shade, or hue of.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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