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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice;
[syn: aphonia, voicelessness]

2. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords;
[syn: whisper, whispering, susurration, voicelessness]

3. having no voice in the management or control of affairs;
- Example: "the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Voiceless \Voice"less\, a. 1. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb. [1913 Webster] I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd. [1913 Webster] Voiceless stop (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a surd mute, as p, t, k. [1913 Webster] -- Voice"less*ly, adv. -- Voice"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

voicelessness n 1: a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice [syn: aphonia, voicelessness] 2: speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords [syn: whisper, whispering, susurration, voicelessness] 3: having no voice in the management or control of affairs; "the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness"