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silent treatments

silent treatments is the plural of silent treatment.

Meaning of silent treatment

Noun

silent treatment (usually uncountable, plural silent treatments)

  1. (usually) A form of communication refusal where one person deliberately ignores or withholds interaction from another, often in order to express anger, disapproval, or to exert control.
    • to give someone the silent treatment

Questions about silent treatments

What is silent treatments the plural of?
Silent treatments is the plural of silent treatment.

Words near silent treatments in the dictionary

  1. Silent Sam
  2. Silent Sams
  3. silent service
  4. silent services
  5. silent treatment
  6. silent treatments
  7. Silent Valley
  8. silent vote
  9. silent votes
  10. silent whistle
  11. silent whistles

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