What is secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence. The administration itself keeps a profound silence. D. Webster called?
silence — Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence. The administration itself keeps a profound silence. D. Webster. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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