Definition of quietus

< quietude

quiff >

qui·e·tus    (kw-ts) KEY 

NOUN:

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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ETYMOLOGY:
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