quietus
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /kwʌɪˈiːtəs/
Noun

quietus (uncountable)

  1. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
    • 1886, Henry James, The Bostonians.
      Olive's specific terrors and dangers had by this time very much blown over; Basil Ransom had given no sign of life for ages, and Henry Burrage had certainly got his quietus before they went to Europe.
  2. (figuratively) Death.
    • circa 1600 William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1:
      […] when he might himself his quietus make with a bare bodkin?
  3. Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).
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