Usually means: Absences of sound or speech.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word silences:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. silences: Merriam-Webster
  2. silences: Collins English Dictionary
  3. silences: Vocabulary.com
  4. Silence's, Silences, silences: Wordnik
  5. silences: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. silences: Wiktionary
  7. silences: Dictionary.com
  8. silences: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Silences (Adia Victoria album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. silences: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. silences: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. silences: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. silences: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. silences: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. silences: Idioms

(Note: See silence as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Silence)

noun:  The absence of any sound.
noun:  The act of refraining from speaking.
noun:  Refraining from speaking, for purposes of prayer or meditation; especially, a form of worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers) during meetings.
verb:  (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.
verb:  (transitive) To repress the expression of something.
verb:  (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.
verb:  (molecular biology) To block gene expression.
verb:  (euphemistic) To murder.
noun:  (rare) A female given name from English.
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