About The Word Quietus
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Quietus
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What's The Definition Of Quietus?
[n] euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Quietus: eternal rest | eternal sleep | rest | sleep Related Terms | Find terms related to Quietus: See Also | death Quietus In Webster's Dictionary \Qui*e"tus\, n. [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at
rest, quiet, dead. See {Quiet}, a., and cf. {Quit}, a.]
Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation;
that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
When he himself might his quietus make With a bare
bodkin. --Shak.
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