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quietus

American  
[kwahy-ee-tuhs] / kwaɪˈi təs /

noun

plural

quietuses

  1. a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles.

    Having given a quietus to the argument, she left.

  2. discharge or release from life.

  3. a period of retirement or inactivity.

quietus British  
/ -ˈeɪtəs, kwaɪˈiːtəs /

noun

  1. anything that serves to quash, eliminate, or kill

    to give the quietus to a rumour

  2. a release from life; death

  3. the discharge or settlement of debts, duties, etc

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Etymology

Origin of quietus

1530–40; < Medieval Latin quiētus quit (in quiētus est (he) is quit, a formula of acquittance), Latin: (he) is quiet, at rest ( quiet ); quit 1 (adj.)

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