Relatively prolonged intervals of silence can be used in rituals in some religious disciplines, people maintain silence for protracted periods, or even for the rest of their lives, as an ascetic means of spiritual transformation. Reactive tokens, e.g., as a sign of displeasure, disagreement, embarrassment, desire to think, confusion, and the like. Discourse analysis shows that people use brief silences to mark the boundaries of prosodic units, in turn-taking, or as Silence is the absence of ambient audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds this latter sense can be extended to apply to the cessation or absence of any form of communication, whether through speech or other medium.Sometimes speakers fall silent when they hesitate in searching for a word, or interrupt themselves before correcting themselves.

The emoji 🤫 was approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017 and added to Emoji 5.0 in 2017 While all three emojis convey a sense of secrecy or discretion, 🤫 specifically emphasizes the request for silence or the need to keep something confidential. This emoji has a few close relatives in the emoji family, such as 🤭(Face with Hand Over Mouth) and 🤐 (Zipper-Mouth Face). Putting this emoji in text can also add a sense of mystery and anticipation to the text. In addition, it can be used to convey a request for quiet. You can use it to ask someone to be quiet or not to tell anyone something or to share a secret or a gossip with someone. This emoji can convey a sense of secrecy, discretion, or confidentiality.

This is the universal gesture of requesting silence or indicating that something should be kept secret. This mysterious character features a round, yellow face with one finger pressed to its lips, signaling silence or secrecy, as if saying 'Shh!' or 'Shush!' for silence.

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