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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Maintenance of aloof silence toward another as an expression of one's anger or disapproval.
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- noun A form of social
sanction that consists ofignoring a particular individual, neitherspeaking to that person norresponding to his or her words.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an aloof refusal to speak to someone you know
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