'Quietus' definitions:

Definition of 'quietus'

(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus]

Definition of 'Quietus'

From: GCIDE
  • Quietus \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. [1913 Webster]
  • When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'quietus'

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