Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding one's peace

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing one's -peace
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold one's peace

Questions

What does holding one's peace mean?
present participle and gerund of hold one's peace

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