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quietus

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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.
[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.]
quietus
Noun
pl -tuses
1. Literary a release from life; death
2. the discharge or settlement of debts or duties [Latin quietus est, literally: he is at rest]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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"
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And, completely to put the quietus on any last lingering hopes he might have had of her, he was in the thick of his spectacular and intensely bitter fight with the Coastwise Steam Navigation Company, and the Hawaiian, Nicaraguan, and Pacific-Mexican Steamship-Company.
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Then I turned to see how Good had fared with the big bull, which I had heard screaming with rage and pain as I gave mine its quietus.
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Then he sought to close and give the quietus with his iron hook, which all this time had been pawing the air; but Peter doubled under it and, lunging fiercely, pierced him in the ribs.
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