stillness

[ stil-nis ]

/ ˈstɪl nɪs /

silence; quiet; hush.

the absence of motion.

Origin of stillness

before 1000; Middle English stilnesse, Old English stilnes. See still¹, -ness

They gather and sleep in open fields, surrounded by nature and the stillness of the night.

London’s Pagan Counterculture Kings |Justin Jones |October 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In the stillness, a movement at the end of her bed commands her attention.

Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death |Patricia Pearson |August 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But in his stillness he has become the god he always wanted to be.

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There is a stillness in the early hours that feels to me the clearest, healthiest drug humanly available.

Allan Gurganus: How I Write |Noah Charney |October 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

It pauses the careening jumble of events to carve out moments of stillness.

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The stillness of the wood quieted him finally, as it had always done, and he remembered his old friends the Greelys.

The Boy from Hollow Hut |Isla May Mullins
The stillness and universal silence began at last to make the boys uneasy.

Frederick The Great and His Family |L. Muhlbach
But no sooner was there stillness than it began again—tick, tick, tick.

Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete |Albert Bigelow Paine
Here at last was a place set apart, a moment of stillness when he might think things out by himself.

Robinetta |Kate Douglas Wiggin
The sinks on the landings smelled more offensive than ever in the midst of the darkness and stillness.

L'Assommoir |Emile Zola