Definition of: silent

(sī′lənt) adjective
1. Not making any sound or noise; noiseless; still; also, unspoken; unuttered: silent grief.
2. Not speaking, or not given to speech; mute; taciturn.
3. Making no mention or allusion; passing by without notice or record.
4. Free from activity, motion, or disturbance; calm; quiet: a silent retreat.
5. Interested financially in a business, but having no authority to act: a silent partner.
6. Written, but not pronounced: said of a letter, as the b in debt. [<F <L silens, -entis, ppr. of silere be silent]
—si′lent·ly adverb
—si′lent·ness noun