To provide a silencing structure for movable latch capable of reducing the generation of an uncomfortable sound in operation.

This structure comprises a movable latch 6 movable within a lock body 1, retained by an energizing means 2 with either the locking position and locking release position with a counter striker 3 as an initial position, and comprising a hard contact part 4 allowed to abut on the stopper part 5 of the lock body in the initial position. The collision sound in the collision of the contact part 4 to the stopper part 5 is absorbed by an elastic body 7 interposed between the contact part 4 and a latch main body 5a separated from the contact part 4.