quietus

qui·e·tus  (kw-ts)

n.

1. Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate.

2. Release from life; death.

3. A final discharge, as of a duty or debt.

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[Short for Middle English quietus (est), (he is) discharged (of an obligation), from Medieval Latin quitus (est), from Latin, (he is) at rest; see quiet.]

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quietus [kwaɪˈiːtəs -ˈeɪtəs]

n pl -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.

[from Latin quiētus est, literally: he is at rest, quiet]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

quietus - 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" eternal rest, eternal sleep, sleep, rest death - the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"

Translations

quietus [kwaɪˈiːtəs] N (quietuses (pl)) (liter) → golpe m de gracia; (= death) → muerte f (Comm) → quitanza f, finiquito m

quietus

n (old, liter) → Todesstoß m; to give somebody his/something its quietus → jdm/einer Sache den Todesstoß versetzen; he found his quietus → er schied von hinnen (liter)