minute of silence
Commemorative quiet pause
A minute of silence is a brief period—usually sixty seconds—when a group stands quietly to honor the dead or mark a solemn occasion.
Common at memorials, sporting events, and public gatherings: The stadium observed a minute of silence for the victims.
Sometimes called a moment of silence, which may be shorter or less precisely timed.
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- war memorialTribute to fallen soldiers
- tributeOffering of respect
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- solemnSerious and dignified
standing · pause · honor · fallen · fallen soldiers · ceremony · respect · hush · stillness · reverence · mourning · national mourning · vigil · eleven · eleventh hour · armistice · veterans · reflection
- tributehomage, reverence, eulogy, commemoration, veneration
- memorialsmemorial, memorial service, memorial statue, memorials, war memorial
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- ANZACANZAC, ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, dawn service
- war memorialswar memorial, war monuments, war memorials, military cemeteries, veterans memorials
minute of silenceapplause
Collective hand-clapping approval
cheering · standing ovation · cheer · ovation · thunderous applause
minute of silencecelebration
Festive event marking occasion
jubilation · victory parade · ticker-tape parade · pep rally · victory celebration
minute of silencespeech
Oral communication ability
eulogy · proclamation · public address · oration · twenty-one gun salute
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