I told him that I thought he was crazy and got 'the silent treatment' for the rest of the day. [=he refused to talk to me for the rest of the day]
You have the 'right to remain silent'. [=the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested]
Whenever she gets mad at me, she 'gives me the silent treatment'. [=she does not speak to me]
(..) "Fear not, Macbeth. "No man that's born of woman shall e'er have power upon thee." Then fly, false thanes, and mingle with the English epicures. Why are you silent? LADY MACDUFF: This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, was once thought honest. Now is the time of help. (..)2015 Macbeth