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   Qui·e·tus

   /ˈkwīədəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life.
   • ▪ something that has a calming or soothing effect.

   Word Origin late Middle English: abbreviation of medieval Latin quietus est ‘he is quit’ (see quit1), originally used as a form of receipt or discharge on payment of a debt.

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   What does Quietus mean?

   • 1. anything that serves to quash, eliminate, or kill: to give the quietus to a rumour. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 n., pl. -tus•es. 1. a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles. 2. release from life.

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   What is the plural of Quietus?

   • The noun quietus can be countable or uncountable. In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be quietus . However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be quietuses e.g. in reference to various types of quietuses or a collection of quietuses. Find more words!

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   What does Quietus mean in Shakespeare?

   • 12. Quietus has been taken as a technical legal term, implying an acquittance or discharge of obligation. As this Sonnet has twelve lines only, the printer of the Quarto seems to have thought that two lines were lacking, and accordingly placed at the end marks of parenthesis thus: Shakespeare, William. Sonnets.

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   Quietus definition: a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles. See examples of QUIETUS used in a sentence.

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   1. Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate: "He was blindsided by a conflict in Korea that put the quietus on his China venture" (Robert L. Beisner). 2. Release from life; death. 3. A final discharge, as of a duty or debt.

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   something that makes a person or situation calm. Definition of quietus noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Definitions of 'quietus' 1. discharge or release from debt, obligation, or office. [...] 2. discharge or release from life; death. [...] 3. anything that kills. [...] More. Synonyms of 'quietus' • death, end, finish, demise (euphemistic) [...] More. Examples of 'quietus' in a sentence.

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   quietus. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Death qui‧e‧tus /kwaɪˈiːtəs, kwiˈeɪtəs $ kwaɪˈiːtəs/ noun [ singular] formal 1 the death of a person 2 the end of something Examples from the Corpus quietus • Gradually she led the interview to a quietus, a normality of future projects.

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   Quietus Definition. Discharge or release from life; death. Discharge or release from debt, obligation, or office. Anything that serves to quiet, curb, or end an activity. Anything that kills.

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   noun Word forms: plural -tuses. 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. Collins English Dictionary.