quietus

noun

qui·etus kwī-ˈē-təs How to pronounce quietus (audio)

-ˈā-

: final settlement (as of a debt)

: removal from activity

especially : death

: something that quiets or represses

put the quietus on their celebration

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In the early 1500s, English speakers adopted the Medieval Latin phrase quietus est (literally "he is quit") as the name for the writ of discharge exempting a baron or knight from payment of a knight's fee to the king. The expression was later shortened to "quietus" and applied to the termination of any debt. William Shakespeare was the first to use "quietus" as a metaphor for the termination of life: "For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, … When he himself might his quietus make / With a bare bodkin?" (Hamlet). The third meaning, which is more influenced by "quiet" than "quit," appeared in the 19th century. It often occurs in the phrase "put the quietus on" (as in, "The bad news put the quietus on their celebration").

Example Sentences

was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret

Recent Examples on the Web On the supply side, climate experts give him credit for suspending drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and for giving the final quietus to Keystone.

Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, 9 June 2021 If Berryman is playing Cassandra to himself, crying out the details of his own quietus, how did the cry begin?

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020

quietus

noun

as in release

a freeing from an obligation or responsibility was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

release
discharge
exemption
quittance
waiver
delivery
immunity
dispensation

as in death

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret

Synonyms & Similar Words

death
demise
fate
doom
decease
passing
grave
sleep
dissolution
expiration
passage
exit
curtains
expiry
end
great divide
fatality
suicide
casualty
annihilation
assassination
martyrdom
destruction
self-slaughter
extermination
ending
execution
self-murder
slaughter
massacre
killing
ruin
self-destruction

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

birth
existence
life
rise
nativity
genesis
creation
origination

单词	quietus
释义	quietus noun qui·etus kwī-ˈē-təs -ˈā- 1 : final settlement (as of a debt) 2 : removal from activity especially : death 3 : something that quiets or represses put the quietus on their celebration Did you know? In the early 1500s, English speakers adopted the Medieval Latin phrase quietus est (literally "he is quit") as the name for the writ of discharge exempting a baron or knight from payment of a knight's fee to the king. The expression was later shortened to "quietus" and applied to the termination of any debt. William Shakespeare was the first to use "quietus" as a metaphor for the termination of life: "For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, … When he himself might his quietus make / With a bare bodkin?" (Hamlet). The third meaning, which is more influenced by "quiet" than "quit," appeared in the 19th century. It often occurs in the phrase "put the quietus on" (as in, "The bad news put the quietus on their celebration"). Synonyms delivery discharge quittance release See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret Recent Examples on the Web On the supply side, climate experts give him credit for suspending drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and for giving the final quietus to Keystone. Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, 9 June 2021 If Berryman is playing Cassandra to himself, crying out the details of his own quietus, how did the cry begin? Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020 Word History Etymology Middle English quietus est, borrowed from Medieval Latin, "he is quit," formula of discharge from obligation First Known Use 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1 quietus noun 1 as in release a freeing from an obligation or responsibility was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance release discharge exemption quittance waiver delivery immunity dispensation 2 as in death the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret Synonyms & Similar Words death demise fate doom decease passing grave sleep dissolution expiration passage exit curtains expiry end great divide fatality suicide casualty annihilation assassination martyrdom destruction self-slaughter extermination ending execution self-murder slaughter massacre killing ruin self-destruction Antonyms & Near Antonyms birth existence life rise nativity genesis creation origination See More
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