English dictionary
quietus
/kw/aI/'/i/t/@/s/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
Source: webster1913