muting

noun

1. The process by which something is muted or silenced.

   “Film and dance theory offer a productive vocabulary for considering the effects of these mutings and deafenings.”

2. The dung of birds.

   “It is more surprising that instinct should lead small nesting birds to remove their broken eggs and the early mutings, […]”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of mute