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1. A disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
   - aphonia
    
2. Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
   - whisper, whispering, susurration
    
3. Having no voice in the management or control of affairs
   "the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness"
    
4. (phonetics, of a consonant) The property of being spoken without vibration of the vocal cords, as [t], [s], or [f].
   "Instead, he plans to maintain voicelessness of the consonant and an unintended consequence of that effort is a pitch perturbation following release."

Type of: defect of speech, impotence, impotency, powerlessness, speaking, speech defect, speech disorder, speech production

Encyclopedia: Voicelessness