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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muteness \Mute"ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  muteness
       n : a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my
           contribution was surprising" [syn: {silence}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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