Silence; 1. A situation, state, or period of time in which people do not talk 2. A situation or state in which someone does not talk about or answer questions about something. "Do you think you can hear it?" He asked the boy in a quiet voice, as if he would spook him if he spoke in the wrong tone. "That's impossible?" The other boy wrote down on the little dry-erase board he was given as a present. "Then there's no reason to be. Talk." He finally demanded, sticking the cigarette back in between his lips.