A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement.
Prolonged enthusiastic applause.
A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
To give (someone) an ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause).
Be silent.
deadly silence
The act of refraining from speaking.
The absence of any sound.
To repress the expression of something.
To suppress criticism, etc.
To block gene expression.
To murder.
To make (someone or something) silent.