stillness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

STILLNESS, noun 1. Freedom from noise or motion; calmness; quiet; silence; as the stillness of the night, the air or the sea. 2. Freedom from agitation or excitement; as the stillness of the passions. 3. Habitual silence; taciturnity. The gravity and stillness of your youth, the world hath noted.
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