- (n.) Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.
- (n.) Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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