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quietus definition

qui·etus (kwī ēt′əs)

noun

  1. discharge or release from debt, obligation, or office
  2. discharge or release from life; death
  3. anything that kills
  4. anything that serves to quiet, curb, or end an activity

Etymology: < ME quietus (est) < ML, (he is) quit < L, quiet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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