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Often a requirement of the court for Hamlet’s rest (7)

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silence

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(Other definitions for silence that I've seen before include "License (anag)" , "Noiselessness" , "Secrecy; stillness" , "'The rest is - - '(Hamlet)" , "No talking" .)

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