Associations to the word «Knell»

Wiktionary

KNELL, verb. (intransitive) to ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
KNELL, verb. (transitive) to signal or proclaim something by ringing a bell.
KNELL, noun. The sound of a bell knelling; a toll.

Dictionary definition

KNELL, noun. The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something.
KNELL, verb. Ring as in announcing death.
KNELL, verb. Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church".

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.