silent treatment

/ˌsaɪlənt ˌtritmənt/
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Other forms: silent treatments

Definitions of silent treatment
  1. noun
    an aloof refusal to speak to someone you know
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    type of:
    rebuff, slight
    a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
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